VIC: Baby badly burned in housefire

AAP General News (Australia)
02-19-1999
VIC: Baby badly burned in housefire

MELBOURNE, Feb 19 AAP - An eight-month-old baby boy is in a serious condition in a
Melbourne hospital after a house fire in Ballarat this morning.

The Country Fire Authority (CFA) said the baby had burns to 60 per cent of his body. His
father was also injured in the blaze but not as seriously.

The George Street house caught fire about 9.30 am.

Investigations involving the arson squad, CFA and a forensic chemist are continuing but a
CFA spokesman said it was not suspicious.

The fire was believed to have started in the kitchen but did not involve cooking, although
the cause is yet to be determined, the spokesman said.

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KEYWORD: BURN LEAD

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