Three children remain in critical condition after a Melbourne house fire

Police are continuing to investigate the cause of a house fire that has left three young children clinging to life in a Melbourne hospital.

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00:00The Royal Children's Hospital says the three young children remain in a critical condition

00:08here.

00:09So that's the three-year-old boy and two girls aged five and just 21 months old.

00:15Unfortunately their condition hasn't improved since they were brought here after being discovered

00:20in that awful fire on Sunday night.

00:24Neighbours reported hearing loud bangs like an explosion.

00:28And then when firefighters arrived the rear of the property was already fully engulfed

00:34in flames.

00:35They managed to rescue these three young children who were unconscious and suffered from smoke

00:41inhalation.

00:42Police say they're still trying to determine exactly what sparked this blaze and they're

00:47still trying to determine whether or not these children were alone at home at the time.

00:54And they say that they haven't yet been able to conduct a proper formal interview with

00:59the mother as of yesterday.

01:01That's because she's been understandably quite distressed and by the children's bedside.

01:06And police say that both the mother and the biological father are known to police.

01:13And they say that at this stage it's still too early to say yet whether or not this fire

01:18has any suspicious circumstances.

01:21But the thoughts are at the moment with these three young children who continue to fight

01:25for their lives.