Boy, 9, escapes fire in western Sydney after being left home alone in a two-storey townhouse in Penrith
Terrifying scenes as a nine-year-old boy is rescued from a mansion engulfed in flames after being left home ALONE
- Boy, 6, escaped fire at mansion in western Sydney
- Broke a window to escape before being helped by neighbours
- It is believed that the burning candle started the fire
A nine-year-old boy believed to have been left home alone has escaped a terrifying house fire after Good Samaritans came to his aid.
Emergency services were called to Rodley Avenue in Sydney’s western Penrith shortly before 6.15pm on Saturday and found a two-storey town house engulfed in flames.
A neighbor walking by the house saw the fire and helped the boy get out of the burning house after the little boy smashed a windshield trying to escape.
A six-year-old boy, left home alone, narrowly survived the blaze with minor cuts after breaking a window on the ground floor of the townhouse and escaping the blaze.
Firefighters blocked the road as they worked to put out the blaze, but the building was destroyed (pictured)
Paramedics treated the boy for cuts before he was taken to Nepean Hospital for further treatment.
NSW police told Daily Mail Australia officers had been advised the boy was the only person in the building at the time the fire broke out.
The boy’s mother came home shortly after emergency services arrived.
Residents stood in the street talking to police officers.
Emergency services were called to Rodley Avenue in Penrith shortly before 6:15 p.m. on Saturday and found a two-storey town house engulfed in flames
Firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to neighboring homes, but the house was destroyed.
The fire is being treated as not suspicious.
Firefighters and crime scene officers are working to determine if a burning candle in the kitchen was the cause.
A child-at-risk report will be filed, police confirmed.
Residents were pictured standing in the street talking to police officers, with one hugging their dog (pictured)