Mooroolbark, Melbourne: Woman dead and two children in critical condition after a house fire erupts

Woman dead and children injured after a house fire erupts in Melbourne

  • Woman dead and two children in a critical condition in Melbourne house fire
  • Emergency services called to Maralee Drive in Moroolbark, in the city’s east
  • Fire crews found woman with stomach injuries and two unconscious children
  • Police are still investigating the exact circumstances surrounding fatal blaze 

A woman is dead and two children are in a critical condition after a house fire erupted in Melbourne’s east. 

Emergency services were called to a home on Maralee Drive in Mooroolbark, at about 9pm on Monday night. 

First responders on entering the home found a woman with injuries to her stomach and two children who were unconscious. 

The woman was treated at the scene but sadly died. 

The two children, a boy and a girl, are being treated for smoke inhalation and remain in hospital under the supervision of their father.

Emergency services were called to a home on Maralee Drive in Mooroolbark, about 30km northeast of Melbourne, about 9pm on Monday night (pictured, the taped-off scene)

They remain in a stable, but critical condition. 

Emergency services believe only the woman and two children were inside the home when the blaze erupted overnight. 

Police say the exact circumstances that caused the fire are still being determined with investigations to continue. 

Anyone with information about the fire has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.  

Police say the exact circumstances that caused the fire are still being determined with investigations to continue (pictured, a police vehicle at the scene in Melbourne's east)

Police say the exact circumstances that caused the fire are still being determined with investigations to continue (pictured, a police vehicle at the scene in Melbourne’s east)

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