Banks County fire officials say a wood heater may be to blame for a fire that moderately damaged a home east of Homer.
Around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters responded to a report of a structure fire at 973 Highway 51 North. When they arrived, they found a single-family residence with smoke showing from the rear of the structure, says Banks County Fire Chief Steve Nichols.
Firefighters contained the blazed to the room of origin and attic area. Chief Nichols says the resident was home at the time of the fire, but no one was injured.
Firefighters remained on the scene for several hours to investigate. They could not rule out the home’s wood heater system as the cause of the fire.
