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Couple killed in Georgia house fire
A 71-year-old man and his 77-year-old wife were found dead in the rubble of this Rabun County house fire. (Credit: Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner)
State investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that killed a 71-year-old man and his 77-year-old wife Sunday morning in Rabun County.
The fire that claimed the lives of Joseph and Phyllis Kneer started about 7 a.m. in the 3000 block of Blue Ridge Gap, said Glenn Allen, the spokesman for the Georgia insurance commissioner’s office.
“Their bodies were discovered in the rubble by firefighters and taken to a GBI crime laboratory for an autopsy and identification,” Allen said.
Investigators suspect the fire started in the kitchen area of the wood frame home.
No other details were released.
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