88 results for “fire investigation”
smoke inhalation and burns from deliberately-lit fire (primary cause varies by i…
Fourteen elderly residents died in a deliberately-lit fire at Quakers Hill Nursing Home on 18 November 2011, set by drug-dependent nurse Roger Dean to destroy evidenc…
Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
Bernard Gore, a man with Alzheimer's dementia, entered a fire stairwell at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center in Sydney on 6 January 2017 and became trapped. He li…
48y · Male·Decompensated liver and renal disease; alcoholic liver disease in the circumstan…
…secondary to severe alcoholic liver disease, complicated by burns and smoke inhalation sustained in a house fire. He was rescued by police officers from a fully-engulfed house and transported to hospital with 6% full-thi…
Male·Kennard: Multiple injuries; Sporn: Effects of fire; McDonald: Effects of fire
Three people died in a catastrophic collision and fire in the Burnley Tunnel on 23 March 2007, caused by a truck driver (Kalwig) operating his vehicle with inadeq…
49y · Male·blunt force head and chest trauma from explosion and falling masonry
…sion destroyed his café premises in Adelaide in May 2006. The coroner concluded Levato deliberately set the fire using a lighter to destroy the café, which was financially troubled with mounting debts and failed sale att…
62y · Male·Multiple injuries post motor vehicle accident (fire truck)
Mr Hugh Neville Monroe, 62-year-old experienced CFA volunteer driver, died from multiple injuries when his fire tanker collided with trees while negotiating a right-hand bend on Spring Creek Road. Investigation revealed…
40y · Female·effects of fire including smoke inhalation, thermal injuries and incineration
Ms B, aged 40, died when a stolen Ferrari she was a passenger in collided with a steel barrier and caught fire following a police pursuit incident on 25 May 2019 in North Perth, WA. The driver (an offender) fled from p…
Male, female, male·Matthew James Neck: multiple injuries consistent with forceful compression of th…
…sseter Highway near Yulara after a bus driven by Gillian Tomes (aged 26) initiated a right-hand turn onto a fire trail without giving way to an oncoming Suzuki four-wheel drive. Tomes had worked 15+ hours with minimal br…
95y · Female·Incised injury to the neck
…ered through a kitchen window, attacked Mrs Downes in her bed, and stole from her room before leaving via a fire escape door. The coroner found that the circumstances and available evidence indicated that Peter Dupas was…
46y · Male·Effects of fire in the setting of a motor vehicle incident (driver)
…ck another truck stopped in a queue backing up from a COVID-19 border checkpoint. The collision triggered a fire in which he perished. Investigation found no mechanical defects, insufficient evidence of distraction, fati…
Male·Unable to determine cause of death
Dale Eric Godfrey's remains were discovered in February 2019 near the East-West Fire Trail in Wellington Park, Tasmania, approximately six years after he was last seen in March 2013. He had be…
35y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
…n autism diagnosis. He attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in December 2021 and set his house on fire in August 2022. On the evening of his death, he was observed chain smoking and pacing, told his uncle he wa…
41y · Male·Gunshot and shrapnel wounds to the body (SC Forte); Gunshot wound to the chest a…
…fender wanted on multiple warrants, had evaded police for months. When cornered on a remote road, he opened fire with an automatic rifle, killing Forte and wounding Nielsen. Ricky Maddison was subsequently killed by SERT…
48y · Female·head injuries in combination with the effects of fire sustained when the aircraf…
…es and fatal burn injuries. The coroner found that the cause of death was head injuries in combination with fire effects following the engine failure and ground impact. The findings highlight the importance of proper gui…
3y · Female·Effects of fire deliberately set by mother in motor vehicle
Carolyn James, a 3-year-old girl, died from the effects of fire when her mother deliberately set fire to a motor vehicle in which she, her sister, and mother were sitting.…
28y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy secondary to hanging
…Navy serviceman with severe post-traumatic stress disorder and depression following the 1998 HMAS Westralia fire, died by hanging in a psychiatric hospital. He had been admitted on 8 November 2003 after separation from h…
60y · Male·incineration resulting from aircraft crash
…pping rapidly before impacting trees and the ground. Both occupants died from incineration in the resulting fire. Post-mortem examination of the pilot revealed no medical conditions that could have contributed to the cra…
Unknown·Unknown - remains determined to be from medical anatomical specimen
Remains found in a shed in Marysville following the February 7, 2009 bushfires were examined by forensic pathologist Dr R.. Analysis revealed bone fragments with characteristics of a me…
Male·unknown
…ains discovered in Liverpool Cemetery in 2016, initially found in 2014 but reburied. Despite extensive investigations including forensic pathology, anthropology, radiocarbon dating, DNA testing, and wristband analysis, …
62y · Male·Multiple injuries and effects of fire from an aeroplane crash resulting from str…
…erning low-flying incidents to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) over three years, yet CASA's investigation was poorly coordinated, lacked a consistent process, and failed to escalate or communicate decisions t…
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