Mother dies in horrific inner city house fire after firefighters forced to flee blaze due to falling debris
- A fire swept through a house in Burwood, in Sydney’s inner-west on Saturday.
- Firefighters reached the flames by jumping out of windows and across the roof
- The body of an 85-year-old woman was found in the smoking ruins
- Police set up a crime scene while firefighters continued to put out fires.
A woman has tragically died after a fire ripped through a home with flames shooting from the roof and windows, forcing firefighters to dodge falling debris.
The body of the 85-year-old man was discovered in the disemboweled remains of the inner-west Sydney house on Fitzroy Street in Burwood on Saturday afternoon.
NSW Fire and Rescue Superintendent Adam Dewberry told Daily Mail Australia that firefighters arrived at the scenes of confrontation with flames shooting from windows and through the roof and smoke billowing into the air.
A body was found in the house following a search of the ruins and has yet to be formally identified.
NSW Fire and Rescue Superintendent Adam Dewberry told Daily Mail Australia that firefighters came to confront scenes with flames shooting from windows and through the roof and smoke billowing into the air.
“We got there and there was a section of the house with a lot of fire activity,” he said.
“It was a bit dangerous because the roof was collapsing and the firefighters were dropping tiles,” he said.
Falling debris forced firefighters to douse the flames primarily from the outside.
Firefighters attempted to extinguish the fire and prevent it from burning down other houses, before the house was destroyed by fire, Nine News reported.
Emergency crews spent the rest of the afternoon at the scene putting out fires that continued to flare up.
An 85-year-old woman has tragically died after the fire tore through a home with flames shooting from the roof and windows, forcing firefighters to dodge falling debris.
Police are calling anyone who is nearby or who may have CCTV or dashcam footage to contact police immediately.
Firefighters and police are investigating the cause and origin of the fire.
The building has been declared a crime scene.
Police are calling anyone who is nearby or who may have CCTV or dashcam footage to contact police immediately.
The woman’s body has not yet been formally identified.
