Crime & Safety

Medical Examiner's Office Verifies Identity of Man who Died in House Fire

The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office have identified the man who died in the fire in his Roswell home.

Update: The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office have identified the the man who died in the fire on Spring Drive in his Roswell home as Thomas Johnson, 68, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Firefighters were called to the scene on the fire Thursday at about 4 a.m. The house was engulfed in flames, and the structure of the house fell into the basement. Responders searched through the debris and found Johnson’s body.

An investigation is being conducted to find out the cause of the fire.

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