A 13-year-old girl with special needs died and her mother was severely injured in a Savannah apartment fire, officials said.
Mikayla Robbins died after firefighters pulled her from a burning ground-floor apartment Sunday at Kingstown Apartments. When firefighters arrived about 6:40 a.m., they found the child’s mother, 38-year-old Tameka Robbins, outside of their burning unit.
Mikayla and her mother were taken to Memorial University Medical Center, where the child died from her injuries. Tameka Robbins was moved to a burn center in Augusta, Savannah fire said.
Authorities determined the blaze started in Robbins’ unit and spread to seven others.
Although no other injuries were reported, 14 people were displaced, officials said.
At one point, Battalion Chief Elzie Kitchen raised a ladder to a second-floor window and pulled a resident through it.
“Savannah Fire is investigating the cause,” a fire official said in a Facebook post.
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