The remains of a house smolders at 1045 Boy Scout Road in Hixson.A family of nine is homeless following an early Sunday morning fire at their Hixson home.
According to one of the family members, she got up to heat a bottle for a 3-month-old baby when she smelled wires burning in the house. She awoke another family member to investigate the odd smell and found their car on fire in the garage.
They immediately pushed the car out of the garage to alleviate the fire spreading throughout the house. But they were too late.
The fire spread throughout the garage and spread to the house.
At 4:30 a.m., a neighbor called 911 reporting a house fire at 1045 Boy Scout Road in Hixson. When firefighters arrived, they found the vehicle and garage covered in flames.