Man's body found after house catches fire

ATLANTA — Crews are investigating a fire in southeast Atlanta.

Channel 2's Darryn Moore spoke to firefighters on the scene early Monday morning.

They said a body was found inside the home during the fire.

Neighbors called 911 when they saw flames coming from the house on Murray Street in southeast Atlanta.

Atlanta fire officials identified the man as Edwin Haygood, 54, of Atlanta.

They said he was a carpenter that specialized in woodworking.

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Crews found the man inside a bedroom.

“Right now, it looks like the fire originated in a bedroom upstairs where he was located,” Stafford said.

What caused the fire is still under investigation, but Atlanta police said they found something inside the home that could provide some clues in the case.

Firefighters told us what they were up against when they showed up.

“The fire was already blowing through one of windows about 20 to 30 feet in the air,” Atlanta Fire Sgt. Cortez Stafford said.

Crews were also met by frantic neighbors.

“A neighbor that stayed across the home advised our guys that were getting off truck from engine 20 there was possibly someone still inside,” Stafford said.

That was when firefighters went inside the burning house.

“As they were aggressively knocking down the fire, they did in fact locate a male on the second floor of the home who was deceased at the time,” Stafford said.

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