Three-year-old boy dies in Melbourne house fire with father badly burned during rescue attempt

Preschooler Jordan Dashwood killed in Werribee blaze with father now in a coma in hospital Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Tributes are flowing for a three-year-old boy who died in an early morning house fire in Melbourne’s outer west, as his badly burned father is treated in hospital. Emergency services were called to Newbury Street in Werribee just after midnight on Monday. Crews extinguished the blaze before finding a child deceased inside while a male resident was taken to hospital with serious injuries, Victoria police said. The preschooler was identified as Jordan Dashwood in a GoFundMe page launched by a family friend. “Little Jordan was a bright light in this world, full of innocent joy, and his absence leaves a void that can never be filled,” the organiser, Jardine Jackson, wrote. Jordan’s mother, Janelle, and his older brother managed to escape the property, while his father, Jeremy, remains in a coma in hospital, she said. The 40-year-old father of two suffered burns when attempting to save his son, according to multiple media reports. Two family dogs died at the scene. “​In a single night

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