A younger boy has escaped an “extremely intense” home hearth in Melbourne’s west, which tragically killed his brother and an older man, simply earlier than daybreak.
The home was up in flames by the point firefighters arrived to the Lara house about 4.45am, 5 minutes after they had been known as.
The our bodies of an 11-year-old boy and 74-year-old man had been discovered inside after the fireplace was extinguished.
Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Guthrie advised media on Monday that the fireplace was not deemed as suspicious.
“It’s a tragic accident that’s occurred,” he mentioned.
“The mother is devastated. I probably can’t describe how she’s feeling at the moment; we’d all feel the same way. She’s caring for her son who is also traumatised.”
One neighbour described the scene as a “total tragedy”.
“I don’t really know what to say to be honest, I am just in shock,” he mentioned.
The 74-year-old sufferer was described as a extremely “good” neighbour.
“He was a nice old fella,” mentioned one other road resident.
“He was really friendly to everyone around here, like yeah, helping everyone and just all-round a good bloke.”
The reason for the fireplace is but to be decided and against the law scene has been established, with the arson squad set to look at the house.
Anyone with data is urged to contact police.
