Cobb County

Mother killed, middle school-aged child in critical condition after house fire

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A woman is dead and a child is in critical condition after a fire in Cobb County overnight.

The fire happened in the 4000 block of Missy Way in Powder Springs.

Cobb County fire officials said they received a call about the fire from a man saying his wife and son were still inside the house.

Firefighters got to the house just before 1 a.m. Thursday and saw heavy fire to the back side of the house.

They say the man outside told them his wife and son were trapped in their bedrooms and begged them to go rescue his family.

Firefighters put a ladder up to the window and pulled both of them out of the burning home.

"We were able to get the child out from the front bedroom window and the mother out from the back bedroom window," said James Kapish with the Cobb County Fire Department.

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Channel 2's Audrey Washington learned Thursday morning that all three were taken to a hospital.

Fire investigators said the man's wife, who was in her 30s, died at a hospital and his middle school-aged son is in critical condition.

The man, who said he jumped out of a window to escape the flames, had some injuries.

Neighbors told us the woman who died taught Sunday school and was very involved in her church.

Firefighters said the fire was fast moving and they are still investigating the cause.

Washington spoke to a neighbor who saw the house in flames.

“When I walked out, I saw all these reflections of lights, and when I turned around, this house was in flames. You could see nothing but flames coming out the top of the house,” Dianne Gavin said.