Fire Department responds to fire on Tanner Road

PRESS RELEASE

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. –On November 21, Dawson County Fire & Emergency Services were dispatched to a residence on Tanner Road to a report of a smoke investigation.

While en route, units were updated that the incident was an actual residential structure fire. Units arrived on scene with flames on the front porch and through the front windows. The alarm was upgraded and additional units responded to the fire.

The first units arrived within five minutes of initial dispatch and reported heavy fire from all sides of a 1,620 square feet double wide Fleetwood mobile home. Crews used several hose lines and approximately 15,000 gallons of water to extinguish the fire.

Water was brought to the scene by a 3,000-gallon Water Tender from Dawson County Station 1 and a 3,000-gallon Water Tender from Lumpkin County Station 4. Forsyth County assisted by backfilling a fire station on the east side of the county while crews were busy at the scene.

There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

PHOTOS BY: Dawson County Fire and Emergency Services.

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