Family of 3 escapes burning home in Lithonia

A family of three and their two dogs are safe after they escaped from their burning home early Monday morning. The house on the 2100 block of Lown Farm Lane went up in flames around 5:30 a.m. on Monday. DeKalb County firefighters say when they arrived at the scene, they saw fire shooting out the building's back and roof. The heat was so intense that homes on both sides of the burning house suffered damage. Tamia Harris tells FOX 5 she was sleeping when she heard a loud boom. Her mother then ran into her room and said the house was on fire. The three adults home at the time grabbed their two dogs and fled outside. She says almost as soon as they got out, they heard more explosions. Luckily, none of them suffered any injuries.
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3 Valdosta residents displaced by apartment fire

Neighbors now looking for a new place to live after an apartment fire on Saturday. More than a dozen firefighters help put out the flames on North Ashley Street. Firefighters say they saw heavy smoke and flames coming from the building when they arrived. WALB spoke with neighbors who say they rushed out of their homes with what they could grab. “I said “Oh God” put on my pants and by the time I got my shoes on my windows were busted out and my curtains were on fire. I grabbed my backpack on the way out the front door,” a neighbor said. The American Red Cross is helping the three displaced residents. This resident told WALB that Red Cross was able to assist with temporary housing and luckily he will be able to move into a new unit by the end of this week.
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1 dead, multiple injured jumping from balconies in DeKalb County apartment fire

VIDEO/PHOTOS: One person died, and six people were injured when a fire tore through a DeKalb County apartment building on Sunday morning. The fire erupted before noon at the Park Creek apartment complex, located at 2000 Bouldercrest Road, just south of Key Road. "We just woke up to somebody actually asking for an evacuation," resident Christy White told FOX 5 Atlanta. Firefighters informed FOX 5 that several people jumped from the balconies to escape the blaze, while others had to be rescued. "A lady literally got third degree burns everywhere," White said. "She was trying to jump from the third floor balcony." FOX 5's crews observed four people being transported from the scene by ambulance. "I saw the man get dragged out the building. He was burnt to a crisp it was so horrible," said resident Jazz Farley.
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Marietta Fire Museum vandalized by ax-wielding man

VIDEO: A man was booked into the Cobb County jail after police say he got inside the Marietta Fire Museum and went on a rampage, causing significant damage. The free museum is filled with equipment and tools used by the Marietta Fire Department dating back to 1854. Capt. Steven Dau oversees the Marietta Fire Museum. He and others spent the day assessing the damage after police say a man identified as 39-year-old Mjiti Whitlow got into the museum early Thursday morning and wreaked havoc on some of the displays. An image taken from video of Whitlow inside the museum shows him with an ax in his hands. Another image shows him dropping a fire extinguisher from the second floor onto an antique coin-operated ride-on fire truck on the first floor. A third image shows him using a fire extinguisher, creating a huge mess.
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