ATL Standard

The death toll has risen to six from the deadly DeKalb County fire after the matron of the family recently passed.. 

"The deadly fire broke out just after midnight Dec. 14 in the home on Janet Lane off Glenwood Road," fire officials told Fox5 Atlanta.

The news station reported that the most recent victim was identified as 61-year-old Diane Lay. Lay was a grandmother in the family. She died after spending about a week in the hospital with severe burns. Two of Lay's young granddaughters were among those who perished in the fire or soon after being extracted from it.

Fox5 Atlanta reported that several of the family's 10 members escaped at the time of the inferno.

“Family members identified the victims as 3-year-old Angel and 6-year-old Aliyah Regular, as well as their mother, 30-year-old Terryona Regular,” the news station reported. “Two of the little girl's great uncles, 51-year-old Timothy Regular and 49-year-old Pedro Conte, also died in the blaze.”