Separate fires on opposite ends of Rabun County kept firefighters busy early Saturday, resulting in damage at a Clayton home and destroying a home on Lake Burton.
Rabun County Fire Services Stations 1, 6 and 12 responded to 143 Begonia Court, Clayton, at 3:38 a.m. for a fire in an occupied single-family home.
First arriving units reported fire showing from the eaves of an attached garage of a 1,500-square-foot home, said Rabun County Assistant Fire Chief Justin Upchurch.
“A quick attack was made and that resulted in a fast knockdown with the fire contained to the garage area with the only extension into the wall between the garage and living area,” Upchurch said. “The last apparatus left the scene at 6:22am. The fire is thought to have been caused by lightning.”