- A disabled woman has horrifically died in a raging house fire in Melbourne
- Gay Torney, 62, called triple zero at 12.30 Sunday morning but it was too late
- Ms Torney was trapped and died in her bedroom on the home’s second floor
- The woman’s carer Leslie Pace, 69, escaped the fire and was sent to hospital
- ‘[Leslie] was just screaming that there was somebody upstairs,’ a neighbour said
A disabled woman Gay Torney (pictured) has died after a raging house fire in Melbourne’s inner-west on Sunda
A disabled woman has tragically died in a raging house fire in Melbourne’s inner-west on Sunday.
Gay Torney, 62, called triple zero at 12.30 Sunday morning when the fire was already well-alight.
Yet the wheel-bound woman was trapped and died in her bedroom on the second floor of the Melbourne home.
Ms Torney’s carer Leslie Pace, 69, escaped the fire that tore down her home in West Footscray, Melbourne and pleaded neighbours to help get Ms Torney out.
A neighbour told media that he tried to rescue the two women who were trapped in the house.
‘[Leslie] was just screaming that there was somebody upstairs,’ he said.
Gay Torney, 62, called triple zero at 12.30 Sunday morning when the fire was already well-alight (pictured)
The wheel-bound woman Ms Torney (right) died in her bedroom on the second floor as the fire raged inside the Melbourne home (left)
The neighbour said he tried to help emergency services with rescuing Ms Torney and extinguishing the fire but once it reached the home’s second floor it was too late.
The fire allegedly started by towels being left on two heaters in the home.
Fire brigade commander Roger Chitty said: ‘There was a lot of furniture and household items in the house that adds to the fuel load and makes firefighting very difficult.’
The old home’s lack of fire alarms was a reason why the two women only found out about the fire when the home was already well-alight, investigators concluded.
Ms Pace sustained minor injuries and was taken to Footscray Hospital .
Fire brigade commander Roger Chitty said: ‘There was a lot of furniture and household items in the house that adds to the fuel load and makes firefighting very difficult’
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