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Boy, 4, dies in Melbourne house fire

A four-year-old boy has died in a non-suspicious house fire in Melbourne.

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A house fire that killed a four-year-old boy in Melbourne has been deemed non-suspicious.

Emergency services were called to the Ann Street home shortly before 8am on Saturday.

The boy's body was found by firefighters in an upstairs room of a Dandenong townhouse.

Another young child and other occupants of the townhouse were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

One firefighter was also hospitalised for an ankle injury after the floor in the top storey of the home gave way.

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The house was extensively damaged in the fire.

A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the cause of the fire was not suspicious and a report would be prepared for the coroner.


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