VIDEO: Authorities are investigating an early morning house fire that left one child dead and a teenager injured.
The fire happened around 6:40 a.m. Sunday on Highway 42 South near Indian Springs in Butts County.
Fire officials said there were adults in the house at the time of the fire but sadly, the 12-year-old boy didn’t make it out. His 16-year-old sister was seriously burned.
Shawn Wadsworth, who lived at the home, said he was able to get his fiance and her daughter out of the house, but couldn’t get to Ayden.
“I couldn’t. I just couldn’t make it,” Wadsworth said through tears. “There’s a reason behind it. Maybe they needed him up there.”
Wadsworth said Ayden had just celebrated his birthday last Thursday. Family members said Ayden didn’t live at the home but was in town to celebrate with his family.