ATLANTA (AP) - Firefighters were able to rescue nearly 200 people, many of them elderly or disabled, after a fire spread smoke into their five-story apartment building in DeKalb County.

Only one person was reported injured in the fire, which happened around 8 p.m. at the Lenox Summit Apartments in the 2400 block of East Club Drive off Peachtree Road.

Wanda Thomas tells WSB-TV the smoke was pushing her out the door. She said it was so thick that her kitchen light was on, but she couldn't see it.

Authorities say the fire was contained to the first floor of the high-rise. WSB Radio reports that the only person injured was a man trapped inside the burning unit. He was rescued by firefighters.