One dead in Riverdale apartment fire

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Displaced resident Antoinette Nicholson holds 4-month old daughter, Timyah. She and her fiance Thomas Mosley and son, Timothy, 15 months old (not pictured) were burned out of their apartments Tuesday and lost everything.

Firefighters discovered two bodies after dousing an apartment blaze in Riverdale. The bodies were found after the early morning fire at the Chateau Forest complex on Chateau Lane. Fire crews from Clayton County and Morrow were called in to assist Riverdale firefighters in extinguishing the flames, which heavily damaged the building, according to Channel 2 Action News.

American Red Cross workers gather to assist residents Tuesday. Firefighters discovered two bodies after dousing an apartment blaze in Riverdale Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Firefighters discovered two bodies after dousing an apartment blaze in Riverdale Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

Fire chiefs discuss the blaze outside the apartment units Tuesday.

Authorities have not released the identities of the two bodies found after the blaze was extinguished. A firefighter sits exhausted in the dark after battling the blaze Tuesday.

Firefighters converse at the scene Tuesday. Firefighters discovered two bodies after dousing an apartment blaze in Riverdale Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.

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Displaced resident Antoinette Nicholson holds 4-month old daughter, Timyah. She and her fiance Thomas Mosley and son, Timothy, 15 months old (not pictured) were burned out of their apartments Tuesday and lost everything.

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