SYDNEY, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Two Australian children have died days after suffering critical injuries in a house fire in Melbourne's northwest.
Police in the state of Victoria said in a statement on Wednesday that two girls, aged one and five respectively, died surrounded by family in hospital on Wednesday morning while their three-year-old brother remains in a critical condition.
The police said that emergency services were called to a house in Sydenham, Melbourne shortly after 9.30 p.m. local time on Sept. 8.
Firefighters entered the home and located the three children, who were treated immediately at the scene before being taken to hospital.
Investigation into the fire remains ongoing. ■
