An early morning house fire claimed a life in Monmouth County Thursday.

The county prosecutor says that crews found the body of a man after they put out the fire at the Green Brook Estates near Route 79 and Ryan Road in Marlboro.

Officials say that the fire started in a section of the townhomes on Barn Swallow Boulevard around 6 a.m.

The victim’s name was not released.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.