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Mother and 4-year-old son killed in overnight house fire on Waters Road

Headline from Fox5 Atlanta

An overnight house fire in southwest Atlanta left a mother and her 4-year-old son dead after neighbors and family members desperately tried to save them. Southwest Atlanta house fire The fire broke out at a home on Waters Road, located off Cleveland Avenue in Southwest Atlanta.

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  1. Fox5 Atlanta

    Woman, boy killed in Atlanta house fire, officials say (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    A woman and a boy were killed in a house fire on Waters Road on Wednesday night, according to the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department. Atlanta Fire Rescue crews responded to a reported structure fire on Waters Road SW near Springside Drive around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday.

  2. Fox5 Atlanta

    Mother and 4-year-old son killed in overnight house fire on Waters Road (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    An overnight house fire in southwest Atlanta left a mother and her 4-year-old son dead after neighbors and family members desperately tried to save them. Southwest Atlanta house fire The fire broke out at a home on Waters Road, located off Cleveland Avenue in Southwest Atlanta.

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