Decatur house fire – two little girls among five members of same family killed after blaze ripped through Georgia home

TWO little girls died in a terrifying fire which ripped through a home killing five family members this morning.

Fire department officials in DeKalb County, Georgia, said 10 people were in the property when the blaze erupted.


Authorities said children were inside the building as crews raced to the scene at around 12:20am today.

Grieving grandmother Octavia Cooper told CBS46 that she lost five loved ones in the inferno.

She said: "I lost my daughter, my two grandkids and two of my brothers."

She added: "My grandbaby – I had to go to the hospital to ID her. She passed. She was six-years-old."

Octavia said she doesn't know what caused the fire.

According to reports, the two child victims were sisters named Aaliyah, six, and Angel, three, who died alongside their mother Terryona Regular.

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Firefighters were called to the property in the Janet Lane area of Decatur at 12.20am local time.

Three people are being treated in hospital while two others were checked at the scene, reports 11 Alive.

Police say that they are not ready to release the identities of the five victims.

The cause of the fire remains unknown as the investigation continues.

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