WGAA 1340AM Cedartown

The Cedartown Fire Department responded to a house fire in the early morning hours of Saturday. The fire broke out at 204 Collard Valley Road around 4:45 a.m. Upon arrival of fire crews the house was 50% involved. Firefighters dis-connected power and entered the house from a North entrance. Fire in a bedroom spread to the attic space and had broken through the eves of the North side of the residents. Fire crews were able to gain control of the fire within 20 minutes. After an investigation, it was discovered the fire was caused by an electrical short in the bedroom wall where the fire originally broke out.