Four-year-old dies in house fire east of Cowra
ABC News (AU)
· collected 2026-09-12
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Summary
A four-year-old child died in a house fire in Woodstock, about 20 kilometers northeast of Cowra, New South Wales, on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred around 3pm when firefighters arrived to find the home fully engulfed; three other residents—a woman and two children—escaped but the young victim was found inside by rescuers after the fire was put out. Police are investigating the circumstances of the fire as a crime scene.
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A four-year-old child died in a house fire in Woodstock, located about 20 kilometres north-east of Cowra in central western New South Wales. Fire crews were called to the home just before 3pm today and found the property well alight upon arrival. While a woman and two other children managed to escape safely, the four-year-old was not among them. After firefighters extinguished the fire, they discovered the body of the child inside the house. The woman who escaped suffered from smoke inhalation but was taken to Cowra hospital in stable condition. Police have established a crime scene and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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A four-year-old child has died in a house fire in central western New South Wales.
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Fire crews were called to the home in Woodstock, about 20 kilometres north-east of Cowra just before 3pm today.
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They arrived to find the property well alight.
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property → arrive → ?
A woman and two other children were able to escape the blaze, but the four-year-old remained unaccounted-for.
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old → escape → blaze
Firefighters later found the body of the child inside the home after they managed to extinguish the fire.
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The woman was taken to Cowra hospital in a stable condition with smoke inhalation.
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woman → take → inhalation
Police have set up a crime scene, with inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the blaze ongoing.
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