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One Dead After Blaze at Disability Support Home in Sydney’s South-West

Police are not treating the blaze as suspicious pending forensic findings.

Overview

  • Emergency crews were called just after 12:25am Saturday to a house on Corder Drive in Spring Farm near Camden, where the property was found well alight and later destroyed.
  • Two occupants, including a support worker, escaped with minor injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment.
  • ABC understands the victim is a man in his 60s, and authorities say the person has not yet been formally identified.
  • Fire and Rescue NSW reported the fire spread rapidly into the roof, causing significant collapse, with 22 firefighters and six trucks responding and smoke alarms credited with aiding the escape.
  • NSW Police have established a crime scene and begun inquiries, and investigators have urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.