Four-year-old child dies in house fire in central western New South Wales
Quick Look
- A four-year-old child died in a house fire in Woodstock, New South Wales.
- A woman and two other children escaped, while police established a crime scene.
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Why It Matters
Fire crews responded to a house fire in Woodstock, New South Wales, where a child was found dead.
A four-year-old child has died in a house fire in central western New South Wales.
Fire crews were called to the home in Woodstock, about 20 kilometres north-east of Cowra just before 3pm today.
They arrived to find the property well alight.
A woman and two other children were able to escape the blaze, but the four-year-old remained unaccounted-for.
Firefighters later found the body of the child inside the home after they managed to extinguish the fire.
The woman was taken to Cowra hospital in a stable condition with smoke inhalation.
Police have set up a crime scene, with inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the blaze ongoing.
Open Questions
- What caused the fire?
- What are the findings of the police investigation?