Pets perish, but no other injuries reported in overnight DeKalb house fire
No residents or firefighters were injured, but two cats and a dog died in a house fire early Friday morning in DeKalb County, officials said.
Firefighters were called to Whisper Wood Trail in a neighborhood south of Stone Mountain just after midnight, DeKalb fire spokesman Capt. Jaeson Daniels said. When crews arrived, a man who had escaped the home said multiple residents were still inside.
Daniels said firefighters made an aggressive entry to search for the other residents but had to fall back due to the intensity of the fire. Once they assumed a defensive position trying to extinguish the flames, the other residents appeared from behind the house, safe and uninjured.
The man also told firefighters that two cats and a dog had remained inside the burning home, Daniels said. The pets were not recovered and died in the fire.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, Daniels said.
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