'Chicken Man' who kept dozens of roosters in his backyard 'commits suicide in house explosion as authorities closed in for eviction'

A deadly home explosion today ended a longstanding feud between a man fighting to keep dozens of chickens on his property and loan officers threatening foreclosure.

Fifty-three-year-old Andrew Wordes, known as the 'Chicken Man', is believed to have set his suburban Atlanta home ablaze in a final defiant message to authorities attempting to evict him.

Fulton County marshal's officers had been at Wordes' property for about two hours when the house blew to pieces and a fire erupted at around 12:45pm.

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