Habersham EMC headquarters in Clarkesville will be back open for business on Thursday after temporarily closing its doors due to a fire. The fire broke out early Wednesday, September 20, inside the building at 6135 Highway 115.
“There was a small fire in one of the back room areas. Everyone is safe and the fire department has everything under control,” HEMC posted to social media at 8:09 a.m. Wednesday.
About thirty minutes earlier, Habersham E-911 had dispatched county and Clarkesville firefighters to a report of a fire alarm at the HEMC building. When firefighters arrived, someone advised them that a fire had broken out in a service room and was out.
Firefighters investigated to make sure the building was safe and turned it back over to HEMC staff at 8:19 a.m., says Habersham County Public Information Officer Rob Moore. He says the fire was isolated to the service room.
HEMC later announced it would be closed for the remainder of the day.
“No one was injured and the fire was contained in a small specific area,” says HEMC Director of Communications Nicole Dover. She adds, “We closed the Clarkesville office today out of an abundance of caution. We will reopen in the morning, Sept. 21st, with business as usual.”
HEMC and fire officials have not said what caused the fire.
