UPDATED: Fire Destroys South Augusta Mobile Home

***4"25 p.m. Update January 13***

Augusta, GA -- William Walker, family member: "We just thank God that everyone is safe and sound, and we'll just have to pick up and go from there."

There's nothing left of the Spry family's home. All their possession were destroyed by fire. William Walker was at work when he heard his mother's house was up in flames.

Walker: "They called me to the office and said 'you're mother's house is burnt down. my heart started racing real fast and i was just hoping no one got killed or burned up in the fire."

The fire happened around 8:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. Investigators believe an ember from a home heating fire jumped out of the fireplace. The youngest son heard the smoke detector and crawled out the front door...but his mother was trapped in her bedroom.

Liz Hill, reporting: "Firefighters tell me the house was so engulfed in flames they had to pull the mother out through the window. Her son busted the window and firefighters pulled her to safety."

Firefighters say they see this kind of tragedy all too often this time of year.

Chris Reid, Battalion Chief, Augusta Fire Deparment: "Any time we have a cold snap or sudden change in temperature like we've had lately we do see a rash of structure fires."

Chief Reid has this word of caution before you heat your home.

Chief Reid: "Make sure your chimney's clean, don't try to over load the fireplace and if you have a space heater, make sure nothing is with 36 feet of it."

Advice that could save your home as well as your life this winter.

The mother, Bertha Spry, was taken to Doctors Hospital for smoke inhalation. We're told they are going to keep her there overnight for observation, but that she should be okay.

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Augusta, GA -- An early Wednesday morning fire has destroyed a south Augusta mobile home. The fire happened around 8:00 a.m. on Clark Road.

There is nothing left of the Spry family's home.

Investigators believe an Ember from a fire being used to heat the home jumped out of the fireplace.

Paul Spry, the youngest member of the family heard the smoke detector and crawled out of the front door, but the mom, Bertha Spry, was trapped inside. She was pulled to safety by firefighters through the window of her bedroom.

Firefighters say they see this kind of tragedy all too often this time of year.

Chris Reid, a Battalion Chief with the Augusta Fire Department says, anytime the temperature drops drastically, they see a rash of structure fires.

To prevent this from happening in your home, firefighters say to make sure your chimney is clean, don’t try to overload the fireplace, and keep space heaters away from anything flammable.