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Atlanta firefighters battle massive apartment fire

Firefighters found the body of a person inside the complex; details about how the person died were not immediately available

The Associated Press

DECATUR, Ga. — Firefighters outside Atlanta are battling a major blaze at an apartment complex, where a fire official says one person was found dead inside.

Atlanta TV station CBS 46 reports that shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, flames had engulfed one of the buildings along a road in DeKalb County.

Video from WSB-TV shows smoke pouring from the roof of one of the buildings as firefighters inside spray water at the flames.

DeKalb County Fire Capt. Eric Jackson told reporters at the scene that firefighters found the body of a person inside the complex. Details about the deceased person or how that person died were not immediately available early Wednesday.