Firefighters

responding to a call Friday morning in Peachtree

City rescued a 7-year-old boy from an upstairs

room in a burning house.

The

kitchen was apparently the origin of the fire at

106 Kings Ridge in the Wynnmeade subdivision,

according to Capt. Ed Eiswerth of the Peachtree

City Fire Department.

When

firefighters arrived at the scene shortly after

11 a.m. they found smoke everywhere, Eiswerth

said. It was then that residents told fire

department personnel the boy was still upstairs.

Chris

Campbell and Cery Fannin went in through the

front door and up the stairs in search of the

youngster, while other firefighters worked to

contain the blaze on the first floor. The child

was found under a bed, Eiswerth said.

He

was brought out through the front door and

stabilized by fire department personnel before

being transported to Fayette Community Hospital.

The

fire was contained in the kitchen, Eiswerth said,

although smoke damage was extensive and the house

is uninhabitable. The fire was put out fairly

quickly.

"It

was a team effort," said Eiswerth.

The

firefighters will be recognized at Thursday's

City Council meeting for their efforts in

rescuing the boy.

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