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An infant has died and two other people are seriously injured after a house caught fire in Hobart. Emergency services rushed to the Benboyd Circle, Rokeby home, in Hobart’s east, to find the house engulfed in flames. “Sadly, an infant was found deceased inside the residence, and another young child and an adult were taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital with serious injuries,” Tasmania Police said in a statement. “Three other children were also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
“The house was fully alight when police and Tasmania Fire Service crews arrived.” A woman who saw the flames and called emergency services told the ABC the fire could’ve been worse, with a hero neighbour stepping in to help people out. “ flames everywhere, out all the windows, lots of smoke,” the woman said. “All the neighbours were coming to help … there was one man that had a fire extinguisher over and he smashed windows and got kids out.
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