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Four people, including a juvenile, escaped a house fire on Allen Drive but were displaced after the home was damaged overnight.
Firefighters were called shortly before midnight and said the fire appeared to start at the back of the house. Its cause has not been determined. The home is in a DeKalb County neighborhood off Buford Highway.
In a separate overnight incident, police said a driver crashed into a utility pole on Woodward Way near the Atlanta Beltline’s Northside Trail in Buckhead after fleeing a police stop. Police had not released the driver’s condition or said whether the driver was taken into custody.
Marcus Jones
News Now Georgia
