[VIDEO] Thursday morning fire in West Rome

January 23, 2020–8:37 a.m.

STAFF REPORTS

Rome Firefighters responded to an early morning structure fire on Piedmont Avenue just behind the Shorter Avenue Baptist Church Thursday.

The call came in just before 7 a.m. and firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze.

Captain Nate Helms with the Rome Fire Department said the homeowner told him they left a heater on in the shed and that was likely the cause.

Firefighters were on the scene for about an hour and no one was injured.

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