

The boy’s identity is being withheld until he is formally identified and a post mortem is carried out later this week.

‘Being upstairs would have been very unpleasant.’įirefighters attempted to enter the house, but the smoke and intensity of the blaze were too strong for them to get past the front door.Ĭrews fought the blaze from outside and were able to enter once the blaze was brought under control.
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‘We had a very, very intense fire with flames coming out of the windows several metres,’ Fire and Rescue Deputy Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell said at the scene. Today our Station Commander and his crew explain the different sources of water we can access and how we draft from a lake or river. Seven people were evacuated from a home in Macquarie Fields and 13 people were. The boy is believed to have been trapped in his second floor bedroom when the heat and flames cut off any hope of escape. Neighbours of a woman found dead after a house fire heard two people. ‘Investigations are continuing,’ said a NSW Fire and Rescue spokesman. A 45-year-old man is in a critical condition after being shot during a confrontation with police at Ingleburn in Sydney's south-west. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up for 14-year. A teenage boy died but a mother and her five children managed to escape the inferno as it ripped through the Montana Way home (pictured) in Macquarie Fields in Sydney’s south-west.įire chiefs were also trawling through the ashen remains to see if there was any trace of accelerant having been used to start the fire. Browse stories related to Macquarie Fields - 2564. Family and friends of a teenager killed in a southwest Sydney house fire are banding together to help pay for his funeral.
