Crime & Safety

Buford Home Heavily Damaged by Fire

Fire ruled accidental in nature, no injuries reported.

A Buford family has been displaced from their Gravel Springs Road home after an April 3 fire caused extensive damage to the residence.

Firefighters were dispatched to the house in the 2400 block of Gravel Springs Road at 1:12 p.m. A resident called 911 to report the house was filling with smoke. The residents safely evacuated the house prior to the arrival of firefighters.

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Upon arrival, fire crews found smoke showing from the house.

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"Crews quickly recognized that they had a working fire at the residence with heavy smoke coming out of the eaves," stated Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services public information officer Lt. Colin Rhoden in a press release.  "Firefighters quickly entered the house and the crawl space to locate the seat of the fire. Due to limited access in the crawl space and the heavy smoke conditions  firefighters were unable to safely proceed in the crawl space."

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