Apartments in which fire killed 3 children quoted for several electrical problems, show reports

ATLANTA – – An apartment complex in Atlanta, in which three small children were killed in a fire last week, was previously cited for several electrical problems, as recorded.

Documents from FOX 5 from the police authority in Atlanta's code enforcement section Unveiled that Land Oaks apartments had numerous violations of the code during an inspection in 2024.

The background story:

The fire broke out in the apartment complex in the Fairburn Road in the apartment in the apartment on the second floor in the apartment complex.

Firefighters pulled the three children out of the apartment and hurried them into the Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment due to smoke in breaks.

Despite the efforts of doctors, the three children could not survive. The victims were identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner as a 4-year-old Jhacari White, 1-year-old Xyla White and 9 months old Xhalia White.

Officials say that two adults were also assessed on injuries caused by the fire.

In his morning show on Friday, rapper Yung Joc said that the children were his nieces and nephews.

“My family hurts, my brother harms,” ​​he said.

Grab deeper:

While the cause of the fire remains indefinite, firefighters believe that it was electrical.

According to the code enforcement documents, an official found that several apartments during an inspection on September 19 had no smoke detectors and incorrect electrical transactions.

According to reports, the inspection also reported exposed and non -icinated electrical wires, broken windows and “deteriorated surfaces” in some apartments in the complex.

The inspector ordered that the violations had to be completed by October.

The inspection took place months after a fire in the complex in July. At that time, 36 inhabitants were driven out.

“We want you to know that this is an urgent matter in our name, and the firefighter and his team will be out here to check and check and ensure that it is compliance,” the first deputy fire chief James McLemore told Fox 5 after the fire of last week.

What you can do:

A gofundme was set up to support the mother of the children.

From Thursday morning, the Gofundme has collected more than 41,000 US dollars of $ 45,000.

The funeral arrangements are still pending for the three children.

The source: Information for this story was taken from several records by Code -Inforcement and former FOX 5 reporting.

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