3-Alarm Fire Sparks At Ball Ground Land Company

BALL GROUND, GA — A three-alarm fire ignited at a Commerce Lane vegetation clearing and paving business around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services said.

Flames and smoke billowed from the commercial building at Trench when fire officials arrived, they said.

No one was injured, but fire officials said they tried to salvage as much property from the building as they could. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Trench is a facility that offers curbing and concrete work, land grading, vegetation clearing, hauling, horizontal boring, sewer installation, erosion control and the installation of underground storage facilities and sanitary sewer pump stations.