4-year-old twin boys killed in house fire after being trapped upstairs as mum watches in horror

Thursday, July 31, 2025 - Twin boys, aged four, have di£d after they were trapped in a house fire. 

The tragic house fire started early on Monday July 28, and shortly after 4.30am emergency services rushed to the scene. 

Fire crews rushed to the scene at a home in the 2000 block of Arbor Pointe Way, Nashville according to NBC affiliate WSMV-TV and CBS affiliate WTVF. 

First responders reportedly found a mother and one of her three children outside the burning property. 

Fire crews were told by the mum that two other children, both 4, were still inside on the second floor of the home. 

Firefighters rushed into the burning building in a bid to locate and rescue the two boys, they found the two children inside and removed them from the home as the flames continued to rip through the property. 

Sadly, despite best efforts, the two boys were unable to be saved and di£d at the scene. They have now been identified as Lathan and Langston McDaniel. 

Lacey Corbitt, a family friend who organized a GoFundMe, said the twins were “micro-preemie survivors” and faced “a lot of health challenges during their lives.” 

Still, she said, the boys “were absolutely the lights of our world.”

The fundraiser also explained they leave behind their younger sister, Lexi Rose. 

The heartbreaking message on the fundraising page read: “Words cannot express the grief and despair this whole family (and the village it has taken to love and support them well) are currently experiencing,” Corbitt wrote in the description of the online fundraiser. 

“I am trying to assist this family in renewing all that they have lost that is possible to replace.” 

Lacey's heartfelt message continued, “We will never be able to get back their beautiful miracle twins, but maybe we can try to help replace all that has been lost.” 

More than $13,000 has already been raised through the GoFundMe campaign from 175 generous people as of Thursday, July 31.