Body found in northern Australian house fire
07-May-2025 12:29 PM 5859
Sydney, May 7 (Reporter) 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 on early Wednesday that emergency services were called to reports of a house fire in Harristown, over 100 kilometers 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 hospitalized with serious injuries, said the police. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Wednesday morning that the police found a body after 9 a.m. local time with formal identification of the deceased ongoing. An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing...////...
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