Woman dies in Victoria fire, kids critical
A woman has died in a house fire in Melbourne, with two children critical in hospital.
A woman is dead and two children are in critical condition in hospital following a Melbourne house fire.
Emergency services were called to an address at Mooroolbark in the city’s northeast after reports of the blaze about 9pm on Monday.
Fire crews entered the residence and found the woman with injuries to her stomach and the two children unconscious.
All were removed and the flames extinguished.
It is believed they were the only occupants of the home at the time.
Ambulance crews treated all three but the woman died at the scene.
The children — a boy and a girl — suffered smoke inhalation and were critical but stable in hospital, where their father was with them, police said early on Tuesday morning.
The circumstances leading up to the fire are still to be determined but detectives are not looking for anyone else at this time.
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