00:02A blaze just before midnight, leaving this Hope Island home in ruins and one man dead.
00:09It's extensively damaged that house from fire. They are hazardous scenes.
00:13Police believe the fire was sparked in a downstairs bedroom.
00:16Two occupants, men aged 44 and 84, went to investigate the source of a crackling noise in the room.
00:24The door was locked. There is a male person who occupies that bedroom.
00:28The body of that man found this morning.
00:31Police are investigating whether he lit the fire which has left two people in a life threatening condition.
00:38The 84 year old gentleman I understand has 50% burns to his body and the 44 year old gentleman
00:44has 40% burns to his body.
00:46Neighbours saw the flames and rushed to others trapped inside.
00:49The whole front door was like on fire so they weren't going that way.
00:54A 59 year old woman and a 38 year old man made a desperate leap to flee the fire.
01:00Both of those people escaped the house by jumping over a upper level balcony and then falling to the ground.
01:08Police say they had attended matters previously at the home and they're now investigating the relationship between the man who
01:15died and the other residents.
01:17Police say they wereamps fit when it first of the house.
01:19They are 2 years old enough to stay in trouble times.
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