Prosecutors: Children found in burning home had been alone for at least a week

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– The woman accused of leaving her three small children inside of a burning home and the father of one of those children were in bond court Wednesday afternoon.
Police say Zana Oden is charged with three counts of unlawful conduct toward a child.
In addition, the father of one of the children Malik Lock was also charged.
According to investigators, the children, ages two, four, and six were found by firefighters inside a burning home on Floran Street Monday night.
In court, the prosecuting attorney said the children had been left alone in the home for at least a week.
Lock’s bond was set at $200,000 while Oden’s was set at $300,000.
Both are to wear a monitoring device and can have no contact with the children.

According to court officials all three children remain in critical, but stable condition at the Augusta Burn Center.