Authorities said Monday they still had not identified two people killed in a south Fulton home explosion but that two children who lived in the house have been found alive and well.
Fulton County police Det. Melissa Parker told the AJC that officials hope to have the identities of the bodies by the end of the day Monday. She said the two children were later found safe at another location.
Parker said the Fulton County 911 center began receiving calls about the explosion at a home on Garvey Drive around 1 p.m. Saturday.
She said that firefighters recovered two bodies from the burning home, but those bodies were so badly burned, the gender and age could not immediately be determined.
Parker said the single-story house in the Milam Manor subdivision was destroyed by the blast and ensuing fire.
"You can stand in front and look through it," Parker said.
Neighbors said a mother in her 30s and her teenage son lived in the house, according to Channel 2 Action News reporter Carl Willis. They said the two only lived in the home for about month.
Channel 2 said the two victims were found in the kitchen of the home.
Natural gas originally was suspected, but now authorities consider the blast suspicious, and arson investigators were called to the scene.
A home behind the destroyed house also was damaged by a fire that followed the blast.
Staff writer Chris Seward also contributed to this article.
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