UPDATE: One person died in a pre-dawn house fire in Cornelua Tuesday morning.
Firefighters from Cornelia, Baldwin and Lee Arrendale State Prison were called to the home on Yonah Street just before 6 a.m. and remained there into the afternoon.
Habersham County Deputy Coroner Kenneth Franklin identified the victim Tuesday afternoon only as a Caucasian male, pending notification of family members.
The man's body has been sent to the State Crime Lab for an examination, Franklin said.
The victim was the nay occupant of the house at the time of the fire.
Neighbors reported hearing an explosion and called 9-1-1 about 5:50 a.m.
Cornelia Police Chief Chad Smith deferred questions about the fire to fire department officials, who have remained busy on the scene.
The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating, with Cornelia detectives assisting, Smith said.
Firefighters from several departments battle a house fire on Yonah Street in Cornelia early Tuesday morning. One man died as a result of that fire.
One man died in a pre-dawn fire on Yonah Street in Cornelia Tuesday morning. Firefighters remained on the scene into the afternoon.
Much of a Yonah Street residence in Cornelia was involved by fire when firefighters arrived around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
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