Unidentified person found dead after Windang house fire

Illawarra Mercury

Fire and Rescue NSW Superintendent Adam Dewberry details the emergency response to late-night blaze on Murrie Street. Video by Adam McLean, Nadine Morton.

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00:00Just before midnight Fire and Rescue NSW responded to reports of a home on fire

00:05was called in because neighbours could actually see flames venting out the room that you'll see

00:09on the side of the house here when they got here they forced entry there was information that

00:14someone does live here so unaccounted for firefighters entered the structure wearing

00:18breathing apparatus pretty intense hot smoke conditions they did locate the room that was

00:24on fire they've knocked that down and they also unfortunately found an occupant that couldn't

00:29be revived took about half an hour to get this fire out and contained we then spent some time

00:35clearing the building of the toxic smoke the carbon monoxide and also making sure there was no fire

00:41extension particularly up in the roof void we've now got investigators from Fire and Rescue NSW on

00:47scene working with police forensics and that includes the ignitable liquid detection canine the

00:53dog that is trained to detect even the smallest traces of an ignitable liquid that does go to most home

00:59fires that we're not too sure the cause of particularly fatal fires just as part of our comprehensive

01:05investigations at this stage there's nothing to indicate there's any foul play or anything mischievous

01:11that's happened here but the investigations will continue a very thorough investigation so we can one

01:17get some answer for the family and the loved ones of the person that has died in the fire and also

01:25for our ongoing research so we can continue to build community safety and messages around safety and

01:32always the first one is working smoke alarms there is a smoke alarm fitted in this home but there's

01:38no information available at this stage that that alarm was working

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