Firefighters responded to the North Georgia Technical College campus in Clarkesville on Thursday after a grease fire broke out in the kitchen.
Around 12:44 p.m., Habersham County 911 received a call reporting an automatic fire alarm in the Ramsey Hunter Dining Hall.
“Immediately after receiving the initial alarm, our 911 center was notified by the alarm company this was an actual fire,” says Habersham County Emergency Services Director Chad Black.
Firefighters from multiple stations including Habersham County, Clarkesville, and Demorest responded to the scene. Habersham EMS also responded to the campus located at 1500 GA-197 North.
“Units arrived to find smoke showing from the exterior of the kitchen area,” says Black. The dining hall’s fire suppression system extinguished most of the flames with dry chemicals. Firefighters put out the remaining fire and helped clear smoke from the building.
There were no injuries, according to Black, and the fire appears to be accidental. He says most of the damage was contained to the stovetop, with the “majority of that from the fire suppression system doing its job.”
The Ramsey Hunter Dining Hall closed for the holidays on December 8. It is due to reopen on January 5.
