Woman rescued from northwest Atlanta house fire, officials say

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Firefighters rescued a woman from a burning house in northwest Atlanta Sunday morning, according to the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department.

Crews were sent to the 2000 block of Lois Place around 10:08 a.m. after dispatchers received a call about a person trapped in the burning home, officials said.

Firefighters arrived in roughly five minutes and found “heavy fire showing in the front of” the one-story home, according to the department.

Crews worked to extinguish the fire as they searched for the trapped person. They soon located an elderly woman at the back of the house and pulled her to safety, officials said.

Officials said the woman was alert, conscious and breathing, and was taken by Grady EMS for additional medical care.

A dog also reportedly made it out of the burning home.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

It’s one of several house fires that broke out across metro Atlanta Sunday morning amid frigid temperatures.

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