A 28yo man is under police guard in hospital after allegedly killing 3 of his children – a 10mo, 2yo and 4yo – in a fire at a Western Sydney home that’s being treated as a domestic-related homicide. The 29yo mother of the children and 4 other kids aged 6-11yo were also hospitalised but are expected to recover from their injuries. As for what happened, emergency crews arrived at the Lalor Park house in the early hours of yesterday morning and found it “engulfed by flames”. NSW Police Acting Superintendent Jason Pietruszka said during attempts to get into the property the man had tried to block them but the “heroic” actions of officers and a neighbour helped to save “further life from being lost”. Pietruszka said “the emotional and mental issues” will last for a long time. “It’s devastating, there’s no other word for it,” he said. 

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