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7/27/2010 11:04 AM : [83 hour(s) ago]
Fire Damages Home on Hamby Road

Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services responded to a structure fire this morning at 8 o'clock at 5280 Hamby Road, just west of Woodstock.

According to Lieutenant Kevin Lanier, firefighters arrived on the scene to find moderate smoke coming out of a front window of the one-story structure. Lanier also said that the home received smoke and water damage in the kitchen area, but the remainder of the house was saved by the fire. Battalion Chief, Gary Vaughan stated that the homeowner had left the house to go to the grocery store with food on the stove.

No injuries were reported and the exact cause of the fire is still under investigation. Hamby Road was blocked until clean-up operations were complete.

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