88 results for “fire investigation”
Fire caused by unattended cooking wok on gas stove with ignited cooking oil
A fire occurred at Sydney Building, Canberra City on 17 February 2014 in the kitchen of Japanese restaurant Izakay…
65y · Male·combined effects of smoke inhalation, burns and ischaemic heart disease
…, died on 5 June 2017 from smoke inhalation, burns and ischaemic heart disease following a deliberately lit fire in the carpark of public housing at 22-24 Early Street, Parramatta. The fire was set in a parked Mercedes b…
Unknown·Smoke inhalation from house fire
Two children died in a house fire at Murgon on 25 August 2004 after being overcome by smoke inhalation. The fire originated from a cigarette …
Smoke inhalation due to fire
On 23 June 2000, a fire deliberately set by arsonist Robert Paul Long at the Palace Backpackers Hostel in Childers killed 15 people…
11y · Male·Effects of fire
An 11-year-old Aboriginal boy died in a house fire on 19 December 2022, along with the homeowner who attempted rescue. The fire started in the homeowner's bed…
Fire at Sydney Olympic Park P2 car park, likely origin discarded cigarette in ga…
On 13 October 2013, a fire erupted in a garden bed abutting the P2 car park at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre during an extreme we…
Lightning strike igniting forest fire
The Jamieson Track fire was ignited by a lightning strike on 19 December 2015 in the Great Otway National Park during extreme fire …
Unknown·Thermal injury and burns from bushfire exposure; smoke inhalation
The 2019/2020 NSW bushfire season was catastrophic, with 25 deaths investigated by the State Coroner through inquests and 41 fires thr…
A 200-ton tower crane caught fire at the UTS Faculty of Engineering and Information construction site in Ultimo on 27 November 2012. No injur…
54y · Female·Effects of fire in a woman with past right middle cerebral artery territory stro…
A 54-year-old woman with left-sided paralysis from a prior stroke died in a house fire started by smoking in bed. She called emergency services at 2:42am reporting her blanket was on fire, but f…
47y · Male·Smoke inhalation and effects of fire
Lee Edward Parker, 47, died in a bus fire at a caravan park in Queensland in August 2016. Heavy alcohol consumption by multiple residents that evenin…
Female·unknown - cause of death could not be established
…ndividual, a female of Caucasian descent, likely over 20 years old. The skeletal remains showed evidence of fire exposure prior to being placed in the ocean, with fragmentation occurring before submersion. Despite exhaus…
Kilmore East fire - originated from failed conductor between poles 38 and 39 cau…
This finding relates to a large-scale fire event (Kilmore East fire, 7 February 2009) resulting in 119 deaths and significant property damage. This is…
Fire exposure and carbon monoxide poisoning in a deliberately lit bushfire
The 1997 Dandenong Ranges fires killed three residents at Ferny Creek on January 21. Jennifer Lindroth (24), Graham Lindroth (26), and Gen…
21y · Male·Cause of death unascertained but not from natural causes; injuries inflicted by …
Connor Tolson, 21, was found deceased in his bungalow after a fire in September 2015. Autopsy revealed injuries consistent with blunt force trauma to the neck, occurring befo…
77y · Female·Effects of fire
Claudette Marie Daw, a 77-year-old with longstanding schizophrenia, died in a house fire at her home while her brother was hospitalised. The fire originated in her bedroom and was accidentally ign…
Deliberate arson by persons unknown
A deliberate fire occurred on 15 December 2012 at 1 Bankshill Crescent, Carlingford NSW, destroying a Mercedes-Benz vehicle p…
43y · Male·Combination of exsanguination and inhalation of smoke
Anthony Guerra, a 43-year-old electrician, died in a residential fire while attempting to rescue his family. He sustained a lacerated brachial artery to the elbow while breaking…
75y · Male·Burns
… his first combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment for bladder cancer. Despite initial police investigation concluding accidental ignition from a dropped cigarette, fire investigation evidence—including burn pa…
40y · Male·Haemorrhage and inhalation of blood from stab wound to the neck
…footage showed an unidentified person leaving the scene and an unknown vehicle departing shortly before the fire was ignited with an accelerant. Despite an extensive Victoria Police investigation involving crime scene an…
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