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Young child dies in home blaze, three others escape
Fire investigators have opened a crime scene after a four-year-old died and a woman and two children escaped the blaze, police said.
- On Saturday, a four-year-old child died after a fire engulfed a home on Waugoola Road in Woodstock, a town about 22 kilometres north-east of Cowra in the Central West.
- Emergency services were called to the property just before 3pm on Saturday. Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters extinguished the blaze before locating the child's body inside the home.
- A woman and two children managed to escape the burning property safely. The woman was transported to Cowra Hospital in stable condition, suffering from smoke inhalation.
- Officers from Chifley Police District established a crime scene at the site and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fire. A report will be prepared for the coroner.
- The small community of Woodstock remains devastated following the tragedy. Local residents and emergency services continue responding to the loss of the young child in the town.
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