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House fire claims boy

A four-year-old boy died in a house fire in Dandenong on Saturday 1 October.
Emergency services were called to the Ann Street townhouse just before 8am.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said paramedics took five people to Dandenong hospital in a stable condition, four with smoke inhalation and one with a leg injury.
They took a toddler to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a stable condition, suffering burns.
The house was extensively damaged. Investigators deemed the fire non-suspicious and are preparing a report for the coroner.

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