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Feb. 6, 2021 / 3:58 PM

Family of 4 killed in Georgia mobile home fire

A mobile home fire outside Atlanta, Ga., has killed a woman and three children, authorities say. Photo via Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services/Twitter

A mobile home fire outside Atlanta, Ga., has killed a woman and three children, authorities say. Photo via Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services/Twitter

Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A woman and her three children were killed in an overnight mobile home fire in Georgia Saturday.

According to Gwinnett County fire Lt. Donald Strother, a fire broke out at about 2:20 a.m. Saturday morning in a mobile home park near Snellville, a suburb of Atlanta.

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Firefighters found flames shooting through the roof of the trailer, and found two unconscious children after entering the home through a side window.

"The (children) were immediately turned over to paramedics, but during patient care it was determined that the unconscious children had succumbed to their injuries," Strother said.

Firefighters later found the body of a third child and the children's mother.

Authorities have not released the names of the victims.

A neighbor, Yacmin Coria, told Atlanta's WSB TV that the adult victim was "a good mom."

"She always takes care of her daughters, do anything for her daughters," Coria said. "I have five boys and it hurts because you never know when it's going to be your last day to be together as a family."

Final Update: Firefighters entered this window in an attempt to rescue individuals inside. Firefighters remain on scene assisting Investigators. pic.twitter.com/whz4z5aAbO— Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services (@GwinnettFire) February 6, 2021

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