1 person dead, another injured in fire at Cobb County home

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - An early morning house fire in Cobb County claimed the life of one person and sent another to the hospital Friday.

Officials say the fire broke out at around 12:30 a.m. Friday at the house on the 4000 block of Cooper Lake Court in Smyrna.

When firefighters got on the scene, they found the home covered with heavy smoke and fire and received a report that someone was trapped inside.

The battalion chief say that firefighters found the person dead inside the home.

At this time, officials have not released the identity of the victim.

Crews also rushed a man to a local hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. There's no word on his condition.

Neighbors told FOX 5's Lindsay Tuman a brother a nd sister lived in the home for nearly two decades and were shocked to wake up to the scene.

"They were very kind people. They've been here for 17 years," neighbor Tom Murphy said. "The whole cul-de-sac knows them. Kind of kept to themselves only because they were getting older, but they would talk to the neighbors whenever they could."

Neighbor Sherri Mitchell said she was a friend of the victims.

"She was sickly, and I guess with the fire she just couldn't move fast enough to get out of there," Michell said.

They both remembered the victim as kind, and say it's a hard loss for the neighborhood.

Officials are not sure what exactly started the blaze or where it started, but fire investigators are on the scene to take over once crews finish putting out all of the hotspots.