Anne Arundel County fire crews are investigating a massive house fire in the Annapolis Neck area on Monday that left one person dead.

Fire crews were called to a home along the 2600 block of Ogleton Road at about 5:30 p.m. Monday. The home is on the water just south of Annapolis.

Neighbors said they spotted the flames and called for help.

Rescue crews said it took about 58 firefighters an hour to get the fire under control. The home was destroyed.

Fire officials said while battling the blaze, friends and co-workers of the homeowner, a 62-year-old man who lived alone, said he hadn't been accounted for and was believed to be missing.

Officials said an initial search of sections of the home that weren't heavily destroyed turned up nothing, but on Tuesday, a more in-depth search turned up a badly burned body on the first floor of the home.

Positive identification of the body is being withheld until an autopsy can be completed.

No firefighters were hurt in the blaze.

Investigators said they are still searching for a cause.

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