North Fulton Today

An East Point woman is facing charges of murdering her daughter and attempting to kill the girl's 4-year-old twin in an apartment fire that broke out just hours before Thanksgiving Day. 

In a recent report by FOX 5 Atlanta, Fire Chief Cory Thornton said the fire spread quickly, causing massive damage and forcing him to allocate all of the resources at his disposal to secure evidence and locate a possible suspect.

"Our suspicion was heightened that foul play was involved due to the acceleration of the fire," Fire Chief Corey Thornton said. "We know the suspect used some type of unknown accelerant, which explains why the fire spread so quickly."

According to the report, the blaze at the Polaris East Point Apartments, formerly known as Brookfield Apartments, quickly spread to multiple units of the property and forced residents to evacuate, with the young girl’s body being found by fire department officials in an upper-level apartment.

East Point Fire Department officials now say 27-year-old Nicole Jackson has confessed to killing one of the children, leaving one in the apartment and starting the fire, resulting in her facing charges of malice murder, felony murder, criminal attempt to commit murder and two counts of first-degree cruelty to children, FOX 5 reports.

Several people were left homeless by the blaze that broke out just before Thanksgiving Day, leading to several residents spending part of their holiday sifting through debris in hopes of recovering anything that could be savaged for them and their families.