2 children, 1 adult killed in Cobb apartment complex fire that displaced dozens

Two children are among three dead after a fire ripped through a Cobb County apartment complex late Sunday, according to authorities.

Around 30 people have been left without homes, fire officials said.

Firefighters were called around 10 p.m. to the Concord Crossing Apartments on Woodsong Way off Old Concord Road just outside Smyrna.

When crews arrived, they found fire billowing from a window of a second-floor apartment, fire officials said. The flames were threatening the third-floor unit just above it.

A Cobb County fire investigator stands inside a burned apartment in the Concord Crossing complex Monday, Feb 23, 2026, following an overnight fire that killed three. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)

Bystanders told crews that people were still inside the apartment. Six victims were pulled from the unit, the fire department said. All of them were rushed to a hospital as first responders tried to save their lives.

Three people, including two children and one adult, did not survive, according to fire officials. Their ages were not provided. The Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office declined to identify those who died.

Of those hospitalized, a child and one adult are in critical condition, the fire department said Monday afternoon.

Several other people were rescued from balconies using ladders, officials said.

Two dozen apartments are uninhabitable, including eight that were heavily damaged, according to the fire department.

Cobb County firefighters carry residents' belongings out of a burned apartment building in the Concord Crossing complex. Some 30 people were left homeless. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)

Volunteers from the American Red Cross Greater Atlanta Chapter assisted five families, for a total of 20 people, according to a statement the organization sent to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.