BATON ROUGE - A firefighter was rushed to a hospital after responding to a large housefire in a suburban neighborhood early Friday morning.

According to the St. George Fire Department, the fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. at a home on Sandhill Court, located off Barringer Foreman Road just south of Airline Highway. 

Crews found the fire raging in the garage of a home and were able to get it under control after about 20 minutes. 

The department said a firefighter was taken to a hospital in stable condition, though it did not specify what happened to that firefighter. 

The occupants of the home were able to get out unharmed.