Child killed in Perth house fire

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A five-year-old boy has died in a house fire in the Perth suburb of Gosnells.

Emergency services were called to the property on Corfield Street just after 9:00am.

The Fire and Emergency Service (FESA) says the boy died in the blaze. The child's grandmother has been taken to Royal Perth Hospital.

FESA spokesman Keith Vandenbergh says the home was not equipped with smoke alarms.

"I think early warning with a smoke alarm might have saved the child," he said.

A neighbour Karen says she heard a commotion and looked over her back fence.

"I saw black smoke coming over the fence and a woman and two men trying to put it out, struggling with hoses, and I heard the woman call out someone's name," she said.

The two men helping the woman were Good Samaritans who were driving past the house.

She says the fire is devastating news.

"Makes me feel pretty sad and reinforces getting smoke alarms in your house to save your children," she said.

Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of the blaze.


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