BALDWIN COUNTY, Georgia — Neighbors and friends are mourning the loss of a mother and son who died Friday morning when fire tore through their Baldwin County home .

Margaret Moss, 78, and her son Brian Moss, 60, died in the fire, according to Baldwin County authorities. The fire started around 6:30 a.m. on Hubbard Drive, just off Gordon Highway in southeast Baldwin County.

Baldwin County Fire Chief Investigator Bradley Towe said deputies arrived first to confirm the working structure fire before fire units reached the scene at 6:36 a.m.

"We received an alarm call. Deputies arrived on scene and confirmed it was a working structure fire," Towe said. "Our fire units arrived on scene. Once they got on scene, they had fire through the roof coming from the backside of the house."

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