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Early Friday morning, the floor collapsed at a house party on Magnolia Bluff Drive. 25 people sustained minor injuries.
Many attendees fell from the first floor of the home into the crawl space below. Minor injuries were reported, according to Athens-Clarke County Fire & Emergency Services.Â
The number of attendees inside at the time of the collapse is disputed, but Lt. Shaun Barnett of the ACC Police Department estimated roughly 200 were present at the time. News outlets have reported there were 500 people at the party. A civic alert from the ACC Fire & Emergency Services said there were close to 500 people at the scene.
Updated: 3:27 PM EST January 28, 2021
ATHENS, Ga. More than $50,000 has been raised for a young Athens boy after he lost his family in an unthinkably tragic house fire on Wednesday.
Three people died in the fire, which 12-year-old Taeden Johnson escaped. The Athens-Clarke County Coroner s Office identified the victims as 52-year-old Penny Fields, 35-year-old Penyada Fields and a 9-year-old girl as Mariah Fields.
Taeden was taken to a hospital with burn injuries that were described as not life-threatening, as well as some smoke inhalation.
A GoFundMe has been started for Taeden, which so far has raised more than $50,000 dollars. He has burn wounds on his face, elbow, and arm but he is smiling and I am so thankful for that. I was able to spend some time with him this afternoon once he was released from Piedmont Athens and while he is in shock about what happened, he is battling a lot of grief, Zac Hendrix, the GoFundMe creator and Taeden s mentor, wrote. Plea