Grass fires tore through dry brush in Clarkston early Monday, pushing flames toward an apartment complex and a nearby mosque as DeKalb County firefighters spent the night chasing hot spots. Crews cycled between scenes behind the Village at the Creek apartments and near a local mosque, and while there were no immediate reports of injuries, neighbors said they woke to smoke and watched firefighters working as the sun came up.
Crews Hustle Between Apartments And Mosque
DeKalb County firefighters responded to a brush fire in the wood line behind the Village at the Creek Apartments on North Indian Creek Drive and to a smaller fire near Masjid Al-Momineen, according to WSB‑TV. Battalion Chief Steven Vickery cautioned that “It doesn’t take much for a small fire to become a big fire. And that big fire to become a bigger fire,” the station reported. Firefighters knocked down flames that crept toward the complex and worked to keep embers from jumping into nearby yards.
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