Early Morning Fire in South Forsyth Shuts Down Atlanta Highway

Firefighters in Cumming were busy early Tuesday morning battling an outside firewood fire at a local business in South Forsyth County.

Capt. Jason Shivers with the said they were alerted to a fire around 3:25 a.m. at 4700 Atlanta Highway, north of the Post Road intersection and Midway Elementary School.

When firefighters arrived they began battling a fire that was burning a very large pile of tree logs that had been cut and equally large pile of firewood. Both piles were heavily involved in fire, according to Shivers.

"There's no determination as to what caused the fire yet, but there was a significant volume of fire," he said.

Authorities shutdown a portion of the area near Post Road while firefighters ran a water hose across Atlanta Highway to access a fire hydrant.

Shivers said crews worked quickly knowing the morning commute would be starting soon and they did not want to impact traffic anymore than needed with the temporary road closure. By 7:30 a.m. the roadway reopened to drivers.

The fire started on the property of Southern Classic Tree Removal and according to Shivers, "they did lose some of their product, but there were no injuries." Shivers also said there was no structure fire to the business or any nearby businesses.

The fire is currently under investigation.