Firefighters found a body while working to extinguish a brush fire Thursday afternoon in west Cobb County, police said.

The brush fire was in a wooded area of West Sandtown Road and Carnegie Way, near Marietta. Investigators had not determined Thursday night how the person had died, Officer Michael Bowman with Cobb County police said.

An autopsy will be conducted by the medical examiner’s office.

No further details were available, Bowman said.

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