Victorian police investigate after a 3-year-old boy dies in a caravan blaze in Boort

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The family of a three-year-old boy killed in a caravan fire in Central Victoria say they’re devastated. Emergency services were called to a property in Boort at about six o’clock last night.

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00:00Arson chemists and forensics are combing through the wreckage of that caravan that the fire

00:06started in last night and claimed the life of that three-year-old boy in bought here

00:10in North Central Victoria.

00:13Emergency services arrived to the scene at just before six last night and got to work.

00:19Police say they don't expect to know the cause of the fire for some time, but they do believe

00:24the boy was asleep inside the caravan when it caught fire.

00:28Officers have told us this morning that at first they saw smoke coming from the caravan

00:33and didn't think too much of it, but then they saw a big fire and it's been really tragic

00:38for them to understand that a three-year-old boy's life was claimed at that time.

00:44Bought is a holiday spot.

00:45Usually it's a small, thriving rural country town, but at this time of the year it comes

00:49to life.

00:50As you can see behind me, we have the lake here and so you've got skiers and swimmers

00:53enjoying that and water sports at this time of the year.

00:57The CEO of the local hospital, Donna Doyle, spoke to us a little time ago.

01:01She's a friend of the family and she told us how the community is wrapping themselves

01:05around the family at this time.

01:07It's just an unimaginable tragedy and the family are totally devastated and wrapping

01:13each other up in love and support at this time, but ask that you respect their privacy

01:19while they process everything that's happened in the last 24 hours.

01:26So Mel, again as you just heard there, the tragedy has really affected the community.

01:31The arson chemists are on scene as I said before, but really what this is is a tragedy

01:36for a small community that at this time of the year is thriving.

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