Apartment fire in Cobb under investigation as possible arson

Fire investigators in Cobb County are looking into possible arson after a fire at an apartment complex. A mother who lives there says she and her 5-year-old daughter barely escaped the fire by climbing out a window in the middle of the night.

It was just before 4 a.m. when authorities say a fire broke out at the Residence at Riverside apartment complex off Riverside Parkway.

“Our first arriving crews saw fire from the front door and the breezeway, so they were quickly able to extinguish it from that point,” Cobb Fire District Chief Justin Green said…

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