Father told of family’s death in Melbourne house fire

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Police have discovered a note at the site of a blaze that killed three members of a family in Melbourne.




Police are not ruling out a double murder suicide in this sad drama



Clayton South house fire

The father of the two boys killed in a Melbourne house fire that also killed the children’s mother has been informed of the tragedy after returning from overseas. Picture: Trevor Pinder
Source: Herald Sun




THE father of the two boys killed in a Melbourne house fire that also killed the children’s mother has been informed of the tragedy after returning from overseas.


Anita George, 37, Mathew George, 5, and Philip George, 9, died in the blaze at their Clayton South home early on Friday morning.

Police found a note, reportedly on a car in the driveway, as they sifted through the remains of the home of the family from south India.

A police spokeswoman said investigators had informed the children’s father this morning.

It is believed he had returned from overseas.

Detective Senior Sergeant Jeff Maher said yesterday murder-suicide was one possibility to be considered in the investigation.

Neighbours awoken by the sounds of banging and screams rushed to help the family.

Mina Tranfaglia said her son and a neighbour attempted to rescue the mother through her bedroom window.

“He tried to break the window to let her out,” she said.

“My son and the other guy, they just called her name.”

Rose Zouros said she was woken by noises from the home.

“It sounded like someone was hammering, and then I just heard a scream,” she said.

The damage to the house was so extensive police were initially unable to tell how many people had been caught in the blaze, which happened about 1am (AEST) yesterday.

The boys were at St Peter’s Primary School. Principal Philip O’Gorman said their classmates were devastated.

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