Gwinnett County firefighters are conducting door-to-door visits to deliver an urgent safety message after a record year of fire deaths in the county.
Nine adults have died in house fires in Gwinnett County this year, surpassing the total number of fire deaths from the last three years combined. The fatalities were primarily caused by cooking fires and electrical problems.
“With this many deaths this year, we are making a focused, just an intensified effort to get that message out in the community of being prepared,” Capt. Ryan McGiboney of Gwinnett Fire told Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson.…