LIZELLA, Ga. — The Bibb County Coroner says the man airlifted to an Augusta hospital after a Tuesday morning fire in Lizella has died.
Coroner Leon Jones says 36-year-old Cody Whitaker died around 9:30 a.m. Friday from multiple organ failure.
Whitaker’s wife, 41-year-old Rochelle ‘Shelley’ and his five-year-old daughter Coraline, were also killed in the blaze at their home on Sofkee Circle around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Fire Chief Shane Edwards says the family had two dogs; one got out alive and the other died in the fire.
A neighbor told Jones that they heard an explosion that sounded like firecrackers before realizing the home was on fire.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.