A woman killed in an arson attack in Melbourne’s west is being remembered as a loving sister and daughter. 27-year-old Katie Tangey died when arsonists set fire to a house in Truganina in the early hours of Thursday morning.
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00:00Katie Tangey's mother Tracy has remembered her 27-year-old daughter as the love of her
00:06life.
00:07In a statement shared to social media, she says she's completely broken by what she describes
00:12as a despicable arson attack here on Dover Street in the West Melbourne suburb of Traganina
00:17in the early hours of Thursday morning.
00:20Katie was also a beloved member of Melbourne's burlesque community.
00:24In a statement posted online, apprentice Victoria says that she was a star on and off the stage
00:29and a talented performer.
00:31Katie was sitting in the house behind me for her brother who was on his honeymoon overseas
00:36when a fire broke out in what police are describing as a targeted attack about 2 o'clock on Thursday
00:42morning.
00:43She tried to escape from the property but was unable to.
00:46Police have spoken to neighbours and are coming through CCTV to try and find the two offenders
00:52who were seen leaving the property.
00:54They say that it was a targeted attack but they're trying to work out whether this was
00:58a case of mistaken identity or if someone with criminal history had lived at the address
01:03beforehand.