CHAMBLEE, GA : 1 killed in overnight house fire in DeKalb County on Sunday 30th April 2023

One person has died after an overnight house fire in DeKalb County.

It happened around 10 p.m. Sunday night on the 3500 block of London Road near Keswick Park in Chamblee.

“The family is going to have a hard time. They’re going to need help,” said neighbor and family friend Randy Reusche.

Neighbors like Peter Lauderbach did everything he could to help.

“The victims who were okay, they were sitting on my neighbor’s yard and we just put blankets on them and I held one of the girls waiting,” said Lauderbach.

When fire crews arrived, the house was engulfed in flames and several people had already escaped the home. Two more people were still inside and had to be rescued. One of those people was a disabled man in cardiac arrest. He and four others were taken to the hospital for treatment.

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