Three children dead after suspicious fire in Toowoomba home

<p>A nine-year-old boy is believed to have died in the fire while girls aged four and seven died later in hospital from critical burns</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/08/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-environment-labor-cabinet-liberal-leadership-sussan-ley-angus-taylor-ntwnfb">Australia news live: latest politics and federal election updates</a></li><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>Two young children have died in hospital after a ferocious fire at a family home, taking the death toll to three.</p><p>The house in suburban Harristown in Toowoomba, about 130km west of Brisbane in the Darling Downs region, went up in flames in the early hours of Wednesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/08/three-children-dead-after-suspicious-fire-in-toowoomba-home-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>