PHOTO: No one was home when a house caught fire in Barrow County Sunday.
According to information from Barrow County Emergency Services, a 911 call came in about the fire just before 6 p.m. The fire was reported in the 100 block of Auburn County Line Road.
Firefighters found the two-story home with heavy fire and smoke upon arrival, and attempted to make entry into the house to search. The search effort was quickly called off when they determined how much fire and structural damage there was.
“Shortly after arrival, crews noticed the entire second floor shift due to fire damage of the floor joists,” said Captain Scott Dakin. “We had received confirmation that no one was home at the time of the fire, and it was too much risk involved to send firefighters in to the house to fight the fire.” Crews instead attacked the fire from the outside.