On September 6th, at 6:00 a.m., firefighters responded to a report of a house fire on the 1000 block of Riva Ridge Drive NW in Norcross. The complainant informed 911 call takers that her house was on fire, and her father was trapped inside.
Firefighters arrived at 6:05 a.m. and reported fire showing from a single-story, single-family residence. As crew members completed a walk-around, they encountered an adult female who lived at the home and had safely escaped before their arrival. She confirmed that her elderly father was still inside the home. A safety concern for firefighters was that the Charlie side of the structure consisted of security bars on all windows and doors. Firefighters entered the home through a window on the front side of the house and began searching for the victim. The victim, an elderly male, was found unresponsive near a bedroom window. Search teams carried the victim out of the house at 6:11 a.m. to a medical team standing by, who rendered treatment and transport to Grady Memorial Hospital.
Meanwhile, other fire crews on the scene deployed a firehose to combat the flames, which originated in a bedroom and extended to the attic. Search teams confirmed that there were no other victims inside the structure. Jackson EMC and Atlanta Gas Light responded to the scene to secure utilities…