Son dies trying to save his bedridden mother from fire but pushes caretaker to safety

Unattended food cooking on the stove led to a fatal house fire that killed a mother and her son Thursday in Cochran.

Just after 4:40 p.m., Cochran firefighters were called to 208 Peter St. where the rental house was ablaze, according to a news release from Georgia’s Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner.

The house was filled with smoke and fully aflame as crews arrived.

Larry Jackson, 53, and his bedridden mother, Elmon Lee Jackson, 83, died in the blaze.

A caretaker survived the fire after Larry Jackson pushed her to safety through a door, the release stated.

Since Jan. 1, 65 people have died in Georgia fires.

Hours earlier on Country Club Road in Bleckley County, everyone made it out safely from another house fire.

Firefighters said it appeared a clothes dryer started the fire that destroyed that home.

This story was originally published August 31, 2018 at 6:45 AM.