ATLANTA — Atlanta firefighters found two people dead after a fire at an abandoned church building late Tuesday night.
The fire was reported after 11 p.m. in the 600 block of Cameron M. Alexander Boulevard in northwest Atlanta.
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An Atlanta Fire Rescue Department spokesperson said crews arrived on the scene to find the building fully engulfed.
“It was so bad that we really had to take a defensive posture on the building and attack it from the outside,” Anare Holmes with Atlanta Fire and Rescue said.
Firefighters weren’t able to do a search until the fire was under control. They later found the two people dead inside. Their names have not been released.
Holmes said one of the victims is a man, but the other hasn’t been identified. Both were homeless and using the building for shelter.
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Residents who live nearby told Channel 2 Action News that the church building had been abandoned for years. It’s just across the street from another church, which also appears to be abandoned.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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