A Clay County family is saved from their burning house, thanks to their working smoke detectors.

Fire rescue arrived at the home in the Orange Park Country Club just before 3:30 Thursday morning and quickly gained control of the fire.

"The homeowners actually had a working smoke detector," says Clay County Fire Chief Lorin Mock.  "It awakened them to the smoke conditions in the home.  They exited their bedroom and found a working fire in the living room area."

Mock says the couple told him the fire started in the fireplace area.

"They think a log rolled out of that fireplace and set the immediate area around that fireplace on fire, and that's how it started."

Chief Mock says because the house had a working smoke detector, the couple safely made it out of the house.

"They were able to gather the pets. . .They got out, the homeowner got out, and we were able to get in and successfully extinguish the fire."

It took firefighters about 20 minutes to put the fire out.

The home sustained extensive damage.