Tragedy as three children are found dead in a house fire while police investigate what started the horror fire
- A house fire in north WA has tragically claimed the lives of three children
Three children have tragically died in a house fire Western Australia.
Firefighters rushed to Anderson Street in Port Hedland, 1,500 km north of perthabout 4:45 p.m. Tuesday afternoon when witnesses reported the fire.
When they arrived, a one-story house was engulfed in the inferno and after struggling for 30 minutes to control the fire, the bodies of the three children were found.
The street was swarming with police officers and paramedics, and by early evening the area was cordoned off with police tape hundreds of yards from the crime scene.
The regional energy supplier Horizon was also called on site, and the police are investigating the cause of the fire.
“Local police, including detectives, remain on site tonight and specialist investigators from the Serious Crimes Unit and Forensics will travel to Port Hedland to continue the investigation,” police said.
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Police tape cordoned off the road in Port Hedland following Tuesday afternoon’s tragic house fire (pictured)
The remote city of 14,300 people is located on the north coast of WA, about 1,500 km north of Perth (image file).
