Overview
- Penelope Travers suffered burns to about 25% of her body after a device aimed at her car ignited her carport and exploding spray cans.
- She spent 17 days in Fiona Stanley Hospital and underwent a 4.5-hour surgery with skin grafts and a blood transfusion, with compression garments required for recovery.
- While she was hospitalized, her ute was later torched at home as her 16-year-old daughter slept, an incident she says her dog helped alert.
- WA Police confirmed Mandurah detectives are investigating two vehicle fires at the property and are treating both incidents as suspicious.
- Travers, a New Zealand citizen and single mother of two, has launched a GoFundMe to cover rent, living costs, and travel for ongoing dressings and physiotherapy.