Family of Five Displaced Due to House Fire in Lawrenceville

A family of five has been displaced due to a fire that completely destroyed their Lawrenceville home.

While no injuries have been reported, the family's two cats have not been located since the fire broke out, according to Gwinnett County Fire spokesman Lt. Colin Rhoden.

Gwinnett County firefighters were called out to the fire on the 300 block of Oak Springs Drive near Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road after the homeowner called 911 around 2:54 p.m. Wednesday (April 24).

The blaze seemed to originate in the basement of the two-story single-family home, and fire crews battled the flames from the inside and outside.

During the fire, a partial structure collapsed inside of the house from the first floor into the basement, so crews used the ladder truck and exterior firefighting hose lines to knockdown the mass of fire. There were also hidden fires inside the structure that burned through the supporting roof and caused an exterior collapse of part of the back of the house, according to Rhoden.

Read the complete story on Lawrenceville Patch.