LITHONIA, Ga. - Eighteen people are recovering after a massive fire ripped through an apartment complex.The fire happened Friday near the corner of Fairington Village Drive off Fairington Parkway in Lithonia.Investigators are still searching for the cause of the fire.“It’s a miracle,” Deborah Nelson said.Deborah Nelson’s daughter, sister, nephew, four grandkids, and 76-year-old mother had to jump from their apartment on one of the high floors to escape the fire Friday.Advertisement“My nephew said by the time they got to my mother the ceiling was caving in and hit him on his back.
He only had about a second or two to get out the window,” Nelson said.Officials confirmed 18 people were injured and of those 17 were taken to the hospital for.