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16-month-old boy dies in house fire in Western Australia
A 16-month-old boy died in a house fire in Collie, about 200km south of Perth, in Western Australia.
Emergency services were called to the home on Howie Place at about 2.30pm on Sunday.
Several people escaped the house when the fire began.
The boy’s mother was outside with two of her children, while he was asleep in a cot inside a bedroom.
The cause of the fire has not been determined, and police said the child’s death is not being treated as suspicious.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner, who will examine the death.
A 16-month-old boy died in a house fire in Collie, Western Australia.
Emergency services were called to the home on Howie Place at about 2.30pm on Sunday.
Police said several people were inside when the fire began and were able to flee.
The boy was later found dead in his cot.
The cause of the fire has not been determined, and police said the death was not being treated as suspicious.
- Who
- A 16-month-old boy died. His name has not been disclosed.
- What
- He was found dead in his cot after a house fire.
- When
- Emergency services were called at about 2.30pm on Sunday.
- Where
- A home on Howie Place in Collie, Western Australia, about 200km south of Perth.
- Why
- The cause of the fire has not been determined.
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Emergency services were called to the home after a fire began.
Several people in the property fled, and the boy was later found dead in his cot.
- Age
- 16 months
- Location
- Howie Place, Collie, Western Australia
- Distance
- About 200km south of Perth
- Emergency call
- About 2.30pm on Sunday
- Police assessment
- The death was not being treated as suspicious
What people are saying
We lost our little man
He was asleep in there, and she's gone to open the door and the window's just combusted
She couldn't see anything from the smoke but when she got to the cot, it was just in flames
There was nothing she could do