Three children killed in Lalor Park house fire
Written by admin on July 7, 2024
Three children – including a baby girl – are dead after a fire ripped through a house in the western Sydney suburb of Lalor Park.
Police have a 28-year-old man is in custody.
Two boys aged two and four were also killed in the fire in Freeman St early on Sunday morning.
Four other children aged nine, 11, seven and six were treated at the scene and were taken to hospital in a stable condition. A 29-year-old woman has been taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
Emergency services were called to the home in Freeman Street, Lalor Park about 1am on Sunday.
“Going to a house fire, you’re always expecting the worst, hoping it won’t be but this was confronting, absolute chaos” NSW Fire and Rescue Superintendent Adam Dewberry said.
“They got in, commenced their fire fighting operations, got in and did that search, got those two children out, handed them over to paramedics who then continued with that emergency medical treatment.”
Two boys – aged two and four – were treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics and taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition, but the they died a short time later.
Fire and Rescue NSW found the body of a 10-month-old girl inside the house after they extinguished the fire.
A nine-year-old girl and three other boys – aged 11, seven and six – who were also treated at the scene and taken to Westmead hospital in stable condition.
The three children are yet to be formally identified.
A 29-year-old woman has been taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
Officers attached to Blacktown Police Area Command arrested 28-year-old man at the scene. He was treated for smoke inhalation and taken to hospital under police guard.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
More to come
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