Boy, 6, dies in Spalding County house fire

A child was killed in a house fire Friday morning in Griffin.  

The fire happened around 8:30 a.m. in the 1000 block of School Road.

A 6-year-old boy died in the fire, according to the office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner. 

Officials said a 14-year-old male was rescued from the home from a rear window by a neighbor and sheriff's deputy. He was taken to a nearby hospital. 

The ruling of the fire will be "accidental, electrical," according to officials.