No ID yet of person killed in fire

By Alexis Stevens

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Investigators have not yet determined the name of the person found dead after a Cherokee County fire.

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Cherokee County Fire Department., Cherokee County Fire Dept. Cherokee firefighter Andrew Garrison at the blaze on Knox Bridge Trail on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.

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Channel 2 Action News, Channel 2 Action News A log-style home on Knox Bridge Trail in Cherokee County was destroyed by fire Thursday, Jan. 19. One body was found in the rubble.

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One person died in a fire Thursday afternoon, but the body was not found until several hours, investigators said.

The log-style home on Knox Bridge Trail, off Ga. 20, was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived just before 12:30 p.m., according to Tim Cavender, spokesman for the Cherokee County fire department. The fire destroyed the home.

A neighbor told firefighters someone was possibly in the home when the fire started, but investigators were unable to locate anyone until around 6 p.m., Cavender said.

Cavender told the AJC on Friday that the body had been taken to the state crime lab for positive identification.

The cause of the fire remained under investigation Friday.