By Freddy Pawle For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 23:24 BST, 21 April 2024 | Updated: 23:49 BST, 21 April 2024

A man has died at a Melbourne remand centre after a fire broke out in a cell.

The 22-year-old was found unconscious in the cell at the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall, the city’s west, about 8:50pm on Sunday after the blaze was extinguished.

Paramedics attempted to resuscitate him but he died at the scene.

Police have launched an investigation into the death.

More to come. 

A 22-year-old man has died after a fire broke in a cell at the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall (pictured), in Melbourne's West, on Sunday night

A 22-year-old man has died after a fire broke in a cell at the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall (pictured), in Melbourne’s West, on Sunday night

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Prisoner killed in cell fire horror as guards make grim discovery after mystery blaze

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