Man in wheelchair killed in southwest Atlanta house fire
Officials are investigating the cause of a deadly fire that ripped through a southwest Atlanta home early Friday.
A man was found dead inside the home in the 400 block of Pegg Road off Metropolitan Parkway, Atlanta fire officials said.
The victim, who used a wheelchair, has not been identified, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office.
@ATLFireRescue can confirm 1 fatality as a result of a house fire on Pegg Rd SW. Firefighters continue to put out hotspots so Fire Investigators can make entry. No other reported injuries. #AFRD pic.twitter.com/tzlF6ODwle
— Atlanta Fire Rescue (@ATLFireRescue) August 3, 2018
Firefighters responded just before 3 a.m. after a neighbor called 911.
Kenneth Martin told Channel 2 Action News he and his wife, Joi, were returning home and could see the flames shooting into the air from the interstate.
"It looked like it was an explosion."
— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) August 3, 2018
Hear from the people who first spotted the deadly SW Atlanta fire and tried to help, next at 5:45am.@wsbtv @ATLFireRescue pic.twitter.com/ejeY6QOfZw
“By the time that we pulled up, the whole entire house was engulfed,” he said. “I had my wife go ahead and call 911. I just kept blowing my horn and try to alert the neighbors around that the house was on fire.”
Officials are waiting for the results of a fire investigation to disclose further details, deputy fire chief Byron Kennedy told the news station.
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