2 Kids, 1 Adult Killed In Cobb Blaze

Updated 2:47 p.m. Tuesday

SMYRNA, GA — Two children and an adult are dead after a Sunday night apartment fire in the 500 block of Woodsong Way, Cobb County fire officials said Monday.

In frigid cold, firefighters battled the fatal blaze around 10 p.m. The fire sparked on the second floor of an apartment complex, where flames burst from a front-side window and threatened a third-floor apartment, according to Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services.

Crews were told people were trapped inside the apartment where the fire originated, the department said. They then began searching for the trapped residents and battling the flames, fire officials said.

Six people were pulled from the apartment and taken to a hospital, fire officials said. Three people died, fire officials said.

In an update Tuesday, police said two victims were in " very" critical condition.

The department told Patch they were not identifying the deceased as of early Monday morning.

The fire heavily damaged eight apartments, but fire officials said they deemed 24 apartments uninhabitable. Around 30 people were displaced due to the blaze, they said.

"The Cobb County Fire Investigation Unit’s preliminary indications are that the fire appears accidental in nature, but this could change as they work to bring resolution to the case," fire officials said in an update Monday afternoon.

The cause of the fire was not released.