Three children have died and four other children were hospitalised in a house fire that has led to a man’s arrest in Sydney’s west.
Emergency crews were called to Freeman St, Lalor Park, following reports of a house fire about 1am Sunday.
“Two boys — aged two and four — were treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics and taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition; however, they died a short time later,” police said.
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Firefighters extinguished the blaze before the body of a third child, believed to be a 10-month-old girl, was found.
The three children are yet to be formally identified.
Four children — one nine-year-old girl and three boys aged eleven, seven and six — were treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to Westmead Hospital in stable condition.
A 29-year-old woman was also taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
Police arrested a 28-year-old man at the scene.
He was treated for smoke inhalation and taken to hospital under police guard.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
Investigations are continuing, and a report will be prepared for the information of the coroner.