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4A Midweek Edition-December 2-3, 2020 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com LOCAL Home destroyed in fire on Spring Road BY THOMAS HARTWELL thartwell@gainesvilletimes.com A 1,000-square-foot home was destroyed by an early Tuesday morning fire, but no one was injured, according to Hall County Fire Services. Hall County firefighters responded to the house fire in the 2000 block of Spring Road just before 7 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, to find the home just off Browns Bridge Road near Gainesville fully engulfed in flame, said Hall County Fire Ser vices spokesman Zach Brackett. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Hall County Fire Marshal’s Office, and the home will be considered “a total loss,” Brack ett said. This is the third fire this week. Thirty-one people were displaced by fires on Monday and Tuesday at an apartment complex on Park Hill Drive. No one was injured. Brackett did not provide any updates Tuesday night. [i 1y ■¥ • - v - C \ ■ . \ x“ - r ^ tH L 4 \ v '> v -V-- f • " Courtesy Hall County Fire Services Hall County firefighters responded to a house fire in the 2000 block of Spring Road just before 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1. NGHS breaks ground on Buford medical building The Northeast Georgia Health System broke ground Tuesday, Dec. 1, on a new medical building in Buford that will include an urgent care, imaging center and several physicians group practices. The three-story, 90,000-square-foot Medi cal Plaza will be located at the corner of Buford Highway and South Lee Street in Gwinnett County. It will open in spring 2022. The new Medical Plaza will include an urgent care, a location of The Heart Center of Northeast Georgia Medical Center and an on site lab. Northeast Georgia Physician Group services will include family medicine, obstet rics and gynecology, urology, sports medi cine, orthopedic surgery and general surgery services. Dr. Antonio Rios, chief physician executive for NGPG, said the health system’s Buford imaging center, which is currently located on Buford Drive near the Mall of Georgia, will be moved to the Medical Plaza. “We are excited to see this new Medical Plaza come out of the ground to help people in and around this community,” Rios said. “Great things are happening in Buford.” Megan Reed CHRISTMAS TREE FARM 678-450-7111 (Masks Requested) FIRES ■ Continued from 1A said Tuesday they have been contacted about providing shelter, though it was unclear how many would be coming. Smith said some have found a place to stay elsewhere. Smoke wafted through the building Monday, but four other apartments were in OK shape and residents were allowed to return home, he said. Investigators were trying to determine the cause of the fire. Firefighters were alerted to the fire around 1:15 p.m. Monday by a resident who called “saying there was very heavy fire coming from the windows of this apart ment,” Smith said, pointing to an apartment where fire fighters were still working. “There was very heavy fire damage in that apartment.” Smoke was pouring out of the roof of the building, “so we had to cut a hole in the roof to try to find out if there was fire (in that area) or just smoke,” Smith said. Smith said the main fire was knocked down by 1:30 p.m. Monday Alexis Cavarria, who lives in the D building, said he was asleep at the time of the fire. “Somebody woke me up and said, ‘You have to get up. We have a fire,”’ he said. Upon leaving the building, “I saw a lot of smoke, not a lot of flames,” Cavarria said, standing outside as firefight ers went in and out of the NORTH HALL JEWfl Honest Affordable Reliable Goldsmith since 1979 We Buy Gold Jewelry Repair Discount and Estate Jewelry ^Private Appointments Available 1062 Thompson Bridge Road, Ste A-lGainesville, GA Above: Gainesville Fire Division Chief Keith Smith takes statements Monday, Nov. 30, at Versailles Apartments on Park Hill Drive following a blaze in one of the apartment units. Above right: Versailles Apartments residents are turned away by Gainesville Fire personnel Monday, Nov. 30, following the fire. building. He said his apartment wasn’t affected by the fire. Firefighters returned to the scene Tuesday after the attic space above the D build ing caught fire, which “ran the entire length of the build ing,” Smith said. Another 13 people were displaced after the Tuesday fire. Most of the damage was caused by smoke and the firefighters’ water, though there was some fire damage. “Due to the wind and heavy fire involvement in the attic of the building, along with multiple roofs on the building, this fire was difficult to locate and extin guish,” Smith said in a Tues- ‘Due to the wind and heavy fire involvement in the attic of the building, along with multiple roofs on the building, this fire was difficult to locate and extinguish.Crews worked for several hours to extinguish the fire.’ Keith Smith Gainesville Fire Division chief day update. “Crews worked for several hours to extin guish the fire.” The fire marshal’s office is investigating both fires, though officials have not provided the cause for either fire. Fresh Cut Fraser Firs Cut your own Cypress or Pine, & fresh cut Fraser Firs! 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