Firefighters keep house fire to one bedroom, 1 hospitalized

Firefighters helped confine a house fire to one bedroom in White County Wednesday night. One person was hospitalized.

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White County Fire Services reports fire crews were called to a house fire on Tom Bell Road at about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday. The City of Helen and the City of Cleveland fire departments also responded to the fire, as well as White County Sheriff’s Office and White County EMS.

The fire crews found the fire in the house and worked to bring the fire under control quickly.

Though fire crews kept the fire from spreading beyond the one bedroom, the home experienced significant smoke damage.

All the occupants were out of the home. White County attended to two people at the scene, taking one to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.

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Fire crews finished putting out the fire by 1 a.m. Thursday.

Georgia State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the fire, the cause of which hasn’t been determined.

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