Fire Officials Say No Working Smoke Detectors in Fatal Cumming House Fire

UPDATE (4:00 p.m.): A spokesman with the Forsyth County Fire Department says that a home which caught fire on Monday morning and caused at least one death likely had no functioning smoke detector.

Jason Shivers told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that firefighters entered the home in the 7700 block of Holyoke Road at roughly 9:30 a.m. and found a person dead inside. Shivers said that the identity and gender of the deceased was being held until his or her family was notified.

Upon investigating the mostly-destroyed home, Shivers told the AJC that investigators discovered a fire alarm system of an obsolete design and believed that the smoke detectors had been inoperable for some time.

ORIGINAL STORY: Forsyth County firefighters have discovered a body inside a Cumming home which caught fire Monday morning, WSB-TV says.

According to the station, fire crews responded to the burning home on Holyoke Road at approximately 9:40 a.m. Once firefighters made their way into the home, they discovered the lone body, WSB-TV says.

The identity of the deceased person is being withheld until his or her family is notified of the death, authorities told WSB-TV.