A woman and child have died and two others are in a critical condition after a house fire in Sydney's west. Eight other people were able to escape the blaze which engulfed a Heckenberg home just after midnight.
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00:00Devastating scenes here this morning in Heckenburg after the fatal house fire.
00:08Emergency services were called to the road on St John's just before 1am following reports
00:13of a fire.
00:15Crews took about an hour and a half to extinguish the blaze with the property extensively damaged
00:20according to Fire and Rescue.
00:22When the firefighters arrived it was a well advanced fire with flames and smoke evident
00:26from a number of the windows, a very difficult internal attack and as firefighters made their
00:31way through the property they were confronted with collapsing roof tiles and very heavy
00:40fire and smoke conditions.
00:42On entering the property crews found a 46 year old mother and her 6 year old daughter.
00:47They were deceased inside.
00:49They are yet to be formally identified.
00:52A further 8 people were inside the home at the time of the blaze including 4 children.
00:57Thankfully they all managed to escape and were treated by paramedics.
01:01Three people have been taken to hospital including a man and a child who are in critical condition
01:07after suffering serious injuries including burns to their airwaves.
01:13Neighbours have described the scene this morning as incredibly chaotic and distressing
01:17hearing large amounts of screaming coming from the property in the early hours of this
01:21morning.
01:22We heard like screaming from like everyone started bolting out of the house apparently
01:29into the backyard and then as soon as I seen flames like my neighbours yard in full flames
01:37so like it wasn't full bore yet but it just started like in around the palm tree so like
01:42spread to the palm tree came up and it was like a small grass fire.
01:47Investigation has now been launched into the cause of the fire however officials say
01:52it's still too early to say what caused this fatal house fire here in Sydney South West.