Two people injured in Athens house fire

By Joe Johnson

Two people were reported to have been injured this afternoon in a house fire in western Athens-Clarke County.

Firefighters were dispatched at 2:15 p.m. to the fire at 261 Rhodes Drive, in a subdivision off of Timothy Road.

Details are not yet in, but Fire Marshal Kevin Kearney said that it was an intense blaze that spread to a neighboring residence.

National EMS transported two victims with minor injuries to the hospital, Kearney said.