Firefighters in Gwinnett County responded to a report of a house fire on the 1000 block of Riva Ridge Drive NW in Norcross on Saturday at 6:00 a.m.
The person who called about the fire informed 911 operators that her house was on fire and her father was trapped inside of the home.
Firefighters arrived at 6:05 a.m. and saw a single story residence in flames.
They then spoke with the woman who called about the fire and she stated her father was still inside.
A safety concern for firefighters was that one side of the structure consisted of security bars on all windows and doors.
Crews then entered the home through a window on the front side of the house and began the search for the elderly man.
He was found unresponsive near a bedroom window and search teams then carried the victim out of the house at 6:11 a.m. to a medical team on the scene who then rendered treatment and transported him to Grady Memorial Hospital.
Meanwhile, other fire crews on the scene deployed a firehose to combat the flames, which began in a bedroom and extended to the attic.
Jackson EMC and Atlanta Gas Light also responded to the scene to secure utilities.
There were no other injuries reported in connection with the fire.
The daughter, an adult female, was later transported from the scene to Northside Gwinnett Medical Center for a non-life-threatening medical complaint.
The fire has displaced the two adult family members.
Fire investigators said that the cause of this fire is accidental and related to discarded cigarette smoking materials.
