One person found dead inside burning house in Chapel Hill

One person is dead after an overnight fire destroyed a house in eastern Chapel Hill.

At 1:37 a.m., the Chapel Hill Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire on Rogerson Drive, which is near the Glen Lennox neighborhood.

Crews found the home fully engulfed and closed Rogerson Drive between Cleland Drive and Douglas Road.

Crews got the fire under control in about 30 minutes, reported ABC11, The News & Observer’s news-gathering partner, but remains on the scene dousing hot spots as dawn broke.

The name of the person who was killed has not been released yet, and no cause for the fire has been announced. There were no other injuries, according to a town news release.

We will update this story as we get more information.