A massive fire destroyed three houses in a high-end Brookhaven subdivision early Friday morning.
DeKalb County officials said they started receiving calls around 4 a.m. about a fire at a home in The Arbors at Lenox Park neighborhood. The homeowners were out of town when their doorbell camera alerted them to smoke being detected in its view, assistant fire Chief Christopher Morrison told reporters.
Heavy flames were pouring out by the time crews arrived, and the fire had already spread to two other houses. Families in those homes were quickly evacuated, and no injuries were reported, Morrison said.
“(The homes) became involved, basically, from the radiant heat,” he said. “The proximity of the houses, they’re basically right next to each other, so it was easy for fire to spread from one structure to the next.”
Shortly before 4:30 a.m., large flames were seen billowing from at least one of the homes in the gated community next to Lenox Park and just outside Buckhead. Homes in the area are valued at or just below $1 million.
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The cause of the fire is still under investigation, Morrison said.
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