‘Completely broken’ mother of Melbourne arson attack victim Katie Tangey pays tribute to her ‘best friend’

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A woman killed in an arson attack in Melbourne’s west is being remembered as a loving sister and daughter. 27-year-old Katie Tangey died when arsonists set fire to a house in Truganina in the early hours of Thursday morning.

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00:00Katie Tangey's mother Tracy has remembered her 27-year-old daughter as the love of her

00:06life.

00:07In a statement shared to social media, she says she's completely broken by what she describes

00:12as a despicable arson attack here on Dover Street in the West Melbourne suburb of Traganina

00:17in the early hours of Thursday morning.

00:20Katie was also a beloved member of Melbourne's burlesque community.

00:24In a statement posted online, apprentice Victoria says that she was a star on and off the stage

00:29and a talented performer.

00:31Katie was sitting in the house behind me for her brother who was on his honeymoon overseas

00:36when a fire broke out in what police are describing as a targeted attack about 2 o'clock on Thursday

00:42morning.

00:43She tried to escape from the property but was unable to.

00:46Police have spoken to neighbours and are coming through CCTV to try and find the two offenders

00:52who were seen leaving the property.

00:54They say that it was a targeted attack but they're trying to work out whether this was

00:58a case of mistaken identity or if someone with criminal history had lived at the address

01:03beforehand.

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