A ‘cheeky’ three-year-old boy has tragically died in a house fire in Australia after his dad attempted to re-enter the blazing house to save him.
Jordan Dashwood died on Monday morning, after his home in Melbourne’s outer southwest caught alight.
Emergency services discovered the toddler’s body inside the burning home on Newbury Newbury Street in Werribee just after midnight.
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His 11-year-old brother and parents were also home when the fire broke out.
Jordan’s father, Jeremy Dashwood, 40, attempted to re-enter the house via a smashed window, but caught alight and was rushed to hospital in a serious condition with upper and lower body injuries.
The 11-year-old brother escaped by jumping out of a window, the Daily Mail reports.
Two older siblings were not at home at the time.
The house is covered in ash, and his grandmother and mother were seen on Monday morning stood at the scene in shock.
Jordan’s grandmother Tracie said firefighters just “couldn’t get to him” as the single-storey home was engulfed by flames.
“It was too hot,” she told 9News.
“I just miss that little man already. He was a bubble of energy.”
Family friend Bianca Mizzi said she ‘felt so sick’ and cried when she found out what happened.
“Jordan was so beautiful, but so cheeky,” Ms Mizzi told The Age.
“When he was little, I used to love to cuddle him, but he wouldn’t have a bar of it.”
Local resident Thanh Zannit said he heard a loud bang and huge flames engulf the property before attempting to help with a garden hose, but it could not reach.
He said: “The lady was saying my baby’s inside – I feel really upset, I really wanted to help, but I couldn’t do anything.”
Emergency services arrived within three minutes of being notified of the fire.
“Sadly, a resident of the home died at the scene, and a second resident remains in hospital with serious injuries,” Senior Constable Paul Hogan said on ABC radio.
A statement added: “Crews extinguished the blaze, which had fully engulfed the home, before locating a child deceased inside.”
The fire was under control by about 1.15am.
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Police are not treating the fire as suspicious.