Peachtree

City firefighters responded to a house fire early

Wednesday morning that resulted in extensive damage to a

residence at the corner of Loblolly and Hip Pocket.

According

to a spokesperson for the Fire Department, the garage

area was fully involved when firefighters initially

responded at about 3:30 a.m.

Their

efforts enabled them to save a couple of automobiles and

stop the fire in the garage, but it spread through the

attic and resulted in extensive smoke and fire damage

throughout the house.

The cause

of the blaze is still under investigation. About 20

firefighters worked at the site.

The

occupants of the house were at home when it occurred, and

they awoke and got out with injury. No firefighters were

injured either.

Firefighters

were forced to work around a potentially serious

electrical problem to put out the fire. A power line

hooked into the garage burned off at one end but remained

live, and Georgia Power was unable to respond immediately

due to its work around the area relating to last

weekend's winter storms.

Firefighters

put up orange cones around the power line in order to

avoid it.