CUMMING — A woman who was hospitalized early Saturday morning after she and another woman were rescued from a house fire just east of Cumming is expected to make a full recovery, officials said.

Forsyth County Fire Department ladder truck crews found the middle-aged woman unconscious on a bedroom floor in the Highland Ridge Court home, according to Forsyth County Fire Division Chief Jason Shivers.

She was first taken by ambulance to Northside Hospital-Forsyth before being transferred in serious condition to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. She did not suffer burn injuries, Shivers said.

As of Tuesday, her condition was listed as stable at the Atlanta hospital.

The second woman, about the same age as the first, was found trapped in the bedroom across the second-story hallway.

Her window was inaccessible from outside due to an air-conditioning unit that was bolted into the frame, so firefighters had to help control her breathing and direct her through the smoke-filled house.

She was taken to the hospital for evaluation, but was conscious and alert when fire units arrived and was not injured.

She apparently awoke about midnight during heavy rain. Opening the door, she was immediately met with smoke before closing it and calling 911, Shivers said.

Smoke detectors were working and sounding an alarm.

The woman was apparently confused and could not immediately give her address to dispatch, but stayed on the phone until units arrived.

The fire was contained to the kitchen, Shivers said.

A cause and specific origin have not yet been determined as the incident remains under investigation, though the blaze has been deemed accidental.

According to Shivers, the “aggressive operation” against the smoke and flames involved engine crews fighting the fire and a ladder truck that used a thermal imaging camera for search and rescue.

The home, Shivers said, sustained smoke and water damage in the blaze, but was not destroyed.