2 people dead after overnight fire destroys DeKalb County home

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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A fire destroyed a DeKalb County home overnight. Firefighters later found two bodies inside the home.

Channel 2′s Steve Gehlbach was at the scene off Cohassett Lane where the home partially collapsed.

DeKalb County firefighters responded to a house in the Panthersville area around 1:30 a.m.

A Channel 2 Action News photographer saw a home engulfed in flames and firefighters working for more than half an hour to put out the fire.

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Investigators on the scene initially told Gehlbach that no one was injured in the fire. However, later on Monday morning, DeKalb fire said that two people were found dead inside the home after further investigation.

Channel 2 Action News has contacted DeKalb Fire for more information.

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