Photos: Two killed in Avondale Estates fire

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Photos: Two killed in Avondale Estates fire

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

People embrace in front of the site of a house fire that killed a mother and daughter in Avondale Estates on Saturday night.

Friends and co-workers of the woman who died in Saturday night's massive fire on Lakeshore Drive identified the two Sunday as Tami Willadsen and her daughter, Jess.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

Tami Willadsen last fall was named director of Philanthropy for The Nature Conservancy in Georgia. She also served as chairman of the board of EarthShare of Georgia and was the founding president of The Museum School Foundation.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

DeKalb fire Capt. Eric Jackson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the fire caused radiant heat damage to the homes on either side of the home.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

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An massive house fire late Saturday left a mother and her 10-year-old daughter dead in Avondale Estates.

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