Updated at 10 p.m. Monday: Revised to include information from an interview with the children's father.

A good Samaritan pulled three young children from a burning car parked outside a Garland strip mall Saturday afternoon, according to fire officials.

The children, ages 1, 3 and 4, were left in the car parked right in front of GameStop on First Street, near Kingsley Road, shortly before 6 p.m. Their father had been shopping inside, Fire Marshal Mike VanBuskirk said.

When firefighters arrived, all three children were outside the car, which was fully engulfed in flames, VanBuskirk said. A bystander had noticed the flames and pulled each of them out, witnesses said, but left before officials made it to the scene.

The 1-year-old was airlifted to a hospital, and the older siblings taken by ambulance. All three were in critical condition.

The children's father, Niekieya Mcgill, told KXAS-TV (NBC5) that he had turned the car off and gone to the store to sell his PlayStation 4.

When he saw the car was on fire, he rushed out to grab his children — 1-year-old Jayceon, 3-year-old Josiyah, and 4-year-old Jackson — and checked if they were breathing.

Garland police were working with the fire department to determine the cause of the fire. No charges had been filed as of Saturday night.