88 results for “fire investigation”
Cause and origin unascertained due to ferocity of explosion and fire
A fire and explosion occurred on 15 September 2011 at Energy Services Environmental's facility in Mitchell, ACT, w…
52y · Male·Effects of fire
A 52-year-old man died in a residential fire at his rental unit. He called 000 stating he couldn't get out, but emergency services were not dispatched b…
Female·Multiple injuries
…Barton, ACT. Her car initially came to a stop at the intersection, then proceeded across the path of an ACT fire truck that had right of way and was enroute to Russell Offices with lights and sirens activated. The corone…
Male·unknown
…ge bag in bushland at Royal National Park, Sutherland, on 22 September 2018. The remains showed significant fire damage and deliberate concealment, indicating highly suspicious circumstances strongly suggestive of homici…
34y · Unknown·Motor vehicle collision resulting in combination of mechanical trauma and subseq…
…ered across both lanes into the path of a heavy road train, resulting in catastrophic impact and post-crash fire. Five family members died from combined mechanical trauma and exposure to fire; the youngest child (ejected…
39y · Female·smoke inhalation
…urrie, 39, with complete paraplegia from a 1998 spinal cord injury, died from smoke inhalation in a bedroom fire on 12 June 2009. The fire was caused by smoking in bed. Investigation revealed critical systemic failures i…
Male·Effects of Fire
Five volunteer firefighters (Stuart Davidson, Garry Vredeveldt, Christopher Evans, Jason Thomas, Matthew Armstrong, aged 17–47)…
84y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and multi-system organ failure arising from being a victim of h…
… aged 84, died on 5 July 2008 from bronchopneumonia and multi-system organ failure following a severe house fire on 16 June 2008 at his Footscray home. The fire started in a CRT computer monitor powered by cascaded power…
72y · Male·Fire at residential premises; death by burning and/or inhalation of fumes
…into the suspected death of Clarence Benningfield Bateman, a 72-year-old man who disappeared during a house fire in Lancelin, Western Australia on 25 September 1977. The coroner established death beyond reasonable doubt,…
27y · Male·effects of fire
Sam Lynch, aged 27, died from effects of fire while in remand at Hakea Prison on 5 March 2024. Following a dispute over undelivered canteen items, Sam se…
3y · Male·Smoke inhalation with thermal inhalation injury and carbon monoxide poisoning
Mitchell Thomas, aged three, died in a public housing fire at Larapinta on 1 June 2023, from smoke inhalation. The fire was caused by electrical arcing in the roof sp…
73y · Male·Gregory Frank Burkhalter: carbon monoxide toxicity due to inhalation of carbon m…
Two elderly US-born residents died in a house fire caused by a 120-volt electric blanket operating on Australia's 230-volt grid, resulting in insulation failu…
77y · Female·neck compression
…n to police (she had not). He entered her home, inflicted fatal neck compression injuries, and set a petrol fire to conceal the crime. The coroner's investigation revealed Westbrook's guilt through multiple lines of evid…
12y · Male·Effects of fire
Timothy Joseph De Voigt, aged 12, died in a house fire on 26 December 2009 at his family home in Cranbourne, Victoria. The fire originated in a multi-outlet power…
27y · Male·Effects of fire and inhalation of products of combustion sustained when the airc…
… aircraft he was piloting experienced engine failure during cruise, resulting in impact with the ground and fire. The death was caused by effects of fire and inhalation of combustion products. The coroner identified that…
Death from fire exposure during bushfire - the finding does not concern individu…
On 18 March 2018, a major bushfire commenced in an electrical easement near Reedy Swamp and rapidly spread to the coastal town of Tathra on th…
58y · Female·thermal burns
A 58-year-old woman with schizophrenia died from extensive thermal burns after a fire originated in a wall-mounted heat pump that lacked a required residual current device (RCD). The heat pump …
2y · Female·effects of fire (smoke inhalation and thermal injury)
…girl with 15a11.2 BP1-BP2 microdeletion syndrome and developmental delays, died on 14 April 2018 in a house fire at her rural NSW home. She died from smoke inhalation and thermal injury. The fire's exact cause could not …
33y · Male·Effects of fire; inhalation of smoke with elevated carbon monoxide and hydrogen …
Norton Beal-Guilfoyle, aged 33, died in a house fire on New Year's Day 2009. He attended a New Year's Eve party and consumed substantial alcohol (blood alcohol …
60y · Male·Injuries sustained in tree fall incident
William John Slade, a 60-year-old experienced Parks Victoria firefighter with 37 fire seasons, died when struck by a falling dead tree ('stag') while conducting blacking-out…
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