One Person Dead after House Fire in Macon

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon family is grieving after a house fire claimed the life of a 19-year-old Saturday afternoon.

According to Bibb County Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley, the fire ripped through the house on Mafiel Drive shortly after 3 p.m. Brandon Johnson was transported to the Medical Center of Central Georgia where he later died. A family member tells 41NBC they believe the fire started in the kitchen.

An autopsy is expected to be back on Monday, Miley says.

41NBC is continuing to follow this story and will have more information as it develops.

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