ATLANTA -- Firefighters rescued a deaf man from a house fire in the Virginia Highland area on Friday.

According to Atlanta Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Sean Johnson, crews were working in the basement of a home at 839 Crestridge Drive when the fire broke out around 10 a.m. 

The fire extended from the basement to the first floor. Johnson said a woman in the home told firefighters that there were kittens in home, but didn't mention that a man was also in the house.

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. -- At the Aug. 5 board meeting, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners (BOC) approved the purchase of an election/asset management system and Poll Worker on-line training software system recommended by the county’s Department of Registration and Elections. Both systems will align the department to continue resolving issues that arose during the general election and general election runoff of 2008 as well as the primary and general elections of 2012.

“The approval to implement these two systems should improve our department’s ability to conduct elections more efficiently,” states Rick Barron, Director of the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections. “The 2016 Election Year is fast approaching and having these two systems in place will enable us to be better prepared for the expected increase in turn-out due to it being a Presidential Election year.”

ATLANTA (WXIA) -- Local authorities have confirmed that they have found a woman, Wednesday, who handed a note to a fast food worker saying she was being held against her will.

The woman secretly left the note with the clerk Monday afternoon at the Wendy's at 1940 Piedmont Road, NE, which is near the Monroe Drive exit of I-85. In the note, the woman said she was being held against her will and asked for help.

Then she went back outside and rode off with a man who was driving a pickup truck.

The woman is currently alive and in good health, officials confirmed. They are currently speaking with the woman.