SYDNEY, May 7 (NNN-AAP) – One body has been found and three people, including two children, have been injured critically, in a house fire in northern Australia.
Police in Australia’s state of Queensland said in a statement early today that, emergency services were called to reports of a house fire in Harristown, over 100 kilometres west of Brisbane, around 12:30 a.m. local time.
The house was fully engulfed in flames by the time emergency services arrived at the scene, said the police.
The fire has been extinguished and a crime scene has been declared.
Initial Investigation found that two adults and four children were able to escape the property, but a fifth child from the address was unaccounted for, said the police.
A 36-year-old woman and two children were all taken to the hospital with critical injuries, while a 34-year-old man was also hospitalised with serious injuries, said the police.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported this morning that, the police found a body after 9.00 a.m. local time, with formal identification of the deceased ongoing.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is also ongoing.– NNN-AAP
