Fire damaged two units of a four-unit apartment building in Banks County on Thursday.
The fire broke out around 4:43 p.m. on December 14 at 5490 Yonah Homer Road in Alto. Residents in one of the undamaged units tell Now Habersham a passerby saw smoke coming from the building and called 911.
Units from Banks County Fire and Emergency Services responded to the call. The Jackson County Correctional Institute Fire Department was dispatched but was canceled en route.
When firefighters arrived, they evacuated the building. They quickly located the fire and extinguished it, says Banks County Fire Chief Steve Nichols.
“The fire was contained to an interior bedroom and a small area in the attic,” he says.
No one was injured in the fire.
The property is owned by Todos Mis Nietos, LLC. The owners say they had just finished renovating the apartments and Georgia Power had connected the electricity shortly before the fire.
Nichols says the damage was limited to the two apartment units. The property was insured.
The Banks County Fire Department is investigating the cause of the fire.
