Published Monday, May 04, 2009 6:05 AM

No one hurt in early morning house fire

No one was injured in an early morning house fire Sunday that destroyed much of a Rockdale home, officials said.

Firefighters from the Rockdale Volunteer Fire Department spent about three hours extinguishing the blaze that began before dawn on Calhoun Street, a dispatcher said. No one was inside the house.

Authorities were called to the fire just before 5 a.m.

Officials said the fire appears to have been started by a small transformer outside the home -- engulfing the front of the home in flames.

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