A central Victorian family has had devastating start to the new year after a three-year old boy died in a caravan fire. The tragedy happened late yesterday in the tiny town of Boort about two hundred and fifty kilometres north-west of Melbourne. Arson chemists have spent the day piecing together the horrific scene but it's still unclear what caused the fatal blaze.
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00:00This charred caravan, the scene of a terrible tragedy that's devastated a family and rocked
00:08a small community.
00:09Very close-knit town, everyone knows everybody, so I'm sure it's affected everybody in town.
00:16It's understood a three-year-old boy was sleeping in the caravan when it went up in flames.
00:21Witnesses described seeing smoke and even an explosion about six o'clock on Thursday.
00:25There's the guy next door, he had the hose and he was trying, but the flames were just
00:28too intense.
00:29It had gone up by the time we even came out here.
00:33Investigators combed through the scene today, some of them consoling the family of the boy
00:38who had gathered for the festive period and are now living their worst nightmare.
00:42Moving on from this is going to be incredibly difficult for everyone involved.
00:45Just say it, just say it for the town and the parents.
00:50In a town of just 900 people, the tragedy has been keenly felt, but support is flowing
00:55from the small community.
00:57The local supermarket opened late last night to provide supplies to the boy's family, while
01:02a nearby caravan park has been a private space to grieve.
01:05Words can't describe what a small town does when a tragedy like this happens, but everybody
01:10comes together and everybody knows a little piece of the story that makes the whole story.
01:15It could be some time before investigators are able to determine the cause of the fire.