A fireplace claimed the lives of six persons, including three young children aged 6, 12, and 13, in a home located south of Atlanta earlier Monday night, according to the local sheriff’s department. The eldest prey was thought to be in her 70s.
During the event, a Coweta County fire suffered minor injuries.
Five of the 11 survivors who were present in the home were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, some of whom received” major injuries,” as Coweta County Fire Rescue had suggested. The flames department received the call at 4: 57 am and responded to the picture just north of Newnan, Georgia.
More than 50 % of the home was engulfed in flames, with blaze coming from the roof, according to Coweta County fire officials, who arrived within 9 days.
The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office expressed their sympathies, saying,” Our souls go out to the family and friends affected by this dreadful damage. We ask that people maintain the patients and their loved ones in their thoughts and prayers.
Coweta County Fire Rescue, county and state fire marshal, and the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office are already looking into the cause of the fire.
( With agency inputs )
