Body Found in Cartersville House Fire

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- Bartow County firefighters made a grim discovery early Sunday morning while battling a fire on Hendricks Drive in unincorporated Cartersville.

Crews with the agency received the call of a home on fire around 1:05 a.m. Aug. 7 at the home on the street, which sits off Grassdale Road between U.S. 41/Joe Frank Harris Parkway and S.R. 293.

Firefighters arrived on the scene to find the home "fully involved," with heavy smoke and flames coming from the door and windows of the structure, said Bartow County Fire Chief Craig Millsap.

"It was a pretty significant loss," Millsap said, adding the home also suffered from structural collapse.

Inside the home, unfortunately, firefighters found the body of an unidentified person.

The body, which Millsap is believed to be a male, has been shipped to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Crime Lab for an autopsy as well as positive identification.

Bartow County Coroner Joel Guyton said an autopsy could be done sometime on Monday. Millsap added the cause and origin of the fire remains unknown at this point. Return to Patch for updates.

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