A charred framework is all that’s left of an apartment where a man was killed in a fire early Tuesday morning.
DeKalb County fire officials said they found the man, described as being in his 60s, in the laundry room.
“It appeared like he was trying to escape,” spokesperson Capt. Jaeson Daniels told reporters at the scene, adding that the man was disabled.
Fire crews had been called to the Snapfinger Woods Drive home around 1:40 a.m., Daniels told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Investigators believe the blaze started in a bedroom, but the cause remains under investigation.
The man, whose name has not been released, was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Daniels said.
Credit: Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Credit: Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Officials have not released any other information about the victim.
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