NT Coroner extends inquest into the tragic death of three-year-old boy Mitchell Thomas

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00:00So the inquest is two-pronged. They're looking into the causes of the fire that led to the little boy's death,

00:07but they're also looking more systematically at failings across social housing in the Northern Territory.

00:13We've heard that 21% of all the fire alarms in these units have expired,

00:19that 58% of 600 representative apartments have electrical wirings that require immediate repair.

00:27We've heard during the inquest that an electrician, whose son had given it a clean bill of health,

00:33that this electrician then went in and, according to the barrister to the inquiry,

00:37changed the report, something that he's tenuously denied.

00:40We then heard on the last day of evidence that the block of flats themselves was actually demolished before the inquest began,

00:47something that the coroner referred to as deeply frustrating.

00:51and it is because of this that the inquest has been extended by two days

00:57and it will now be adjourning until the 16th of December.

01:01of December!

01:02Oh my gosh!