Mistaken identity probe as house sitter, 27, killed in Melbourne fire
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Two arsonists wanted over death of woman who died in suspicious fire in Truganina in city’s west. A tragic case of mistaken identity could be behind a deadly arson attack that claimed the life of a young woman who was house sitting for her brother while he was on his honeymoon.
The 27-year-old was trapped inside a three-storey townhouse at Dover Street in Truganina in Melbourne’s west as it went up in flames about 2.30am on Thursday. The Hoppers Crossing woman called emergency services to raise the alarm, however she did not survive.
Her death was being treated as a homicide after two people were seen getting out of a car and pouring accelerant inside the house before it was engulfed in flames, Victoria police DI Chris Murray said. “This individual is completely innocent and should not have died,” he told reporters on Thursday.
“We have no history on this individual, nor the family. “My early call is these offenders have targeted the wrong address, which is nothing short of tragedy.”. Murray described the woman as “the kind of girl who doesn’t leave home very much”.
“She’s been subjected to the most appalling, despicable act one could imagine,” he said. Resident Sahil Arora, who lives next door to the destroyed townhouse, woke up to the sound of shattering glass. He and his wife evacuated their home and watched their neighbour’s house go up in flames as their street filled with heat and smoke.
