By John Newland, NBC News
UPDATED at 7:45 a.m. ET: Four children, including an infant, died Tuesday night in a duplex fire in an Atlanta suburb, authorities said.
Police officers arrived at the home in Conyers, Ga., within "30 seconds to a minute" of receiving a 911 call,?Police Maj. Mike Waters told NBC News early Wednesday. However, the children -- who ranged?in age from 8 months to 7 years --?could not be rescued.?
"When the officers arrived, the duplex was fully involved in fire," Waters said. "They were told there might be children upstairs trapped in the fire. When they tried to rush up the stairs with their fire extinguishers, they were met with flames.
"They were not able to get up the steps. It was an intense fire on the second floor of the home."
A 6-year-old child survived with no serious injuries, Waters said, adding that the child told police that his mother had thrown him from a second-floor window. The mother was severely burned and was taken to an Atlanta hospital, and the children's grandmother made it out of the home without injury, Waters said.?
The children who died included three girls and a boy. All were on the second floor, which had two bedrooms and a bathroom, Waters said. The other half of the duplex was empty.
The cause of the fire remained unclear Wednesday morning, and investigators were preparing to comb through the house for clues.
"Naturally, after an incident like this the fire department would conduct a full investigation," Waters said.
Police in Conyers carry fire gear to assist firefighters and to ensure a quicker response to fires, Waters said.
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