Mother charged after fire leaves girl dead

DUBLIN, GA. --- Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine's office says a 10-month-old girl was killed and her two young brothers hospitalized with burns after fire destroyed an apartment in Dublin.

The commissioner's office said the children's mother, 21-year-old Shambria Fields, was arrested and charged with child abandonment and voluntary manslaughter. Authorities said they did not know the girl's name.

The commissioner said she left the children alone in the apartment, The two boys, 2-year-old Diontae Stuckey and 4-year-old Deltavious Stuckey, were taken to a hospital in Dublin, then transferred to a burn unit in Augusta.