UPDATED with preliminary cause of fire on April 30, 2024.

A late night fire in Walker County claimed the life of one person.

Walker County Fire Rescue received a call at 11:26 p.m. about a house fire at 569 Tinkerbell Circle in the Flintstone community. Upon arrival, they found the home about 50% involved.

Firefighters did an initial search of survivable areas, and found the victim during suppression efforts. The body of a late 40’s man will be sent to the state crime lab for an autopsy. No one else was inside the home or injured during the incident.

Firefighters brought the fire under control in about an hour.

The Walker County Fire Marshal, assisted by Georgia State Fire Marshal’s Fire Investigations Unit, determined the cause of the fire was accidental. An electrical malfunction in the living room, in the middle part of the 1960’s house, sparked the blaze.

This is Walker County’s first fatal fire this year.