Crime & Safety
10-Year-Old Twins Die In GA House Fire: Reports
"They came together, and God took them back home together," a neighbor said.
MANCHESTER, GA — A fire over the weekend killed 10-year-old twins and critically injured their mother at an Ira Parks Way home, per media reports.
The fire ignited Sunday, and a girl died at the scene, WTVM 9 reported. Her brother died at a hospital. Their mother was recovering at an Atlanta hospital, the outlet reported.
Trudie Childs, the grandmother of the twins, identified them to Channel 2 Action News as Breonna and Breon Childs. She said they were her angels, according to the report.
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WTVM 9 spoke with Victoria Favors, a family friend and neighbor.
“I’m a twin, I have a twin sister, and I couldn’t imagine losing mine," Favors told the outlet. "They came together, and God took them back home together."
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The cause of the fire wasn't immediately known.
Read more via WTVM 9 and Channel 2 Action News.
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