An elderly Georgia woman is in critical condition after she was attacked and set on fire in her home, WFXG reported.

Dorothy Dow was in bed on Thursday evening when a group of people broke into her Meriwether County home. The suspects entered her bedroom and demanded cash before beating the 83-year-old with a gun and setting her on fire.

She sustained several broken bones in her hand and arm from the beating.

The victim's daughter-in-law told WFXG, "With one hand broken and her arm broken in four places, she pulled the top off of the gallon of water, poured it over her head and put out the fire. She then drug herself into the den on her broken arms to get to her cellphone to call 911. She said, 'I thought they were going to kill me'. They told her that she was never going to see her sons again."

Dow told police there were between three and five attackers, and one was possibly a woman.

Police have not identified any suspects, but believe that the attackers were people who helped Dow pick blueberries from her yard.

"She has individuals that come here and help her during the blueberry harvesting process," Sheriff Chuck Smith said to the TV station.

"We believe through the course of our investigation that it could be people that have been here prior to this attack."