{"id":90043,"date":"2026-09-07T09:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/90043\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:13:14","slug":"body-discovered-after-fire-in-external-sleep-out-of-gerald-street-spearwood-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/90043\/","title":{"rendered":"Body discovered after fire in external sleep-out of Gerald Street, Spearwood property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A person has died in a house fire in Spearwood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Firefighters rushed to put out the flames after being called just before 6.30am Monday morning, and while they finished by 8am, investigators confirmed a body had been discovered at the fire scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Its believed the person who died was a resident of the Gerald Street home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The fire is understood to have started in an external sleep-out, with a neighbour at the rear of the property calling triple-0 while another went to the door to alert anyone inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Arson squad investigators spent most of Monday at the scene, but are yet to determine a cause of the fire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5791346c0e42f7950a7910f597103459e0b2376a.jpg\" alt=\"Arson squad investigators spent most of Monday at the scene.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconArson squad investigators spent most of Monday at the scene. Credit: Ian Munro\/The West Australian<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5b543ab19ddab3855df72f42c99feefa60dcce55.jpg\" alt=\"Officers are yet to determine the cause of the blaze.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconOfficers are yet to determine the cause of the blaze. Credit: Sandra Jackson\/The West Australian<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The person\u2019s death is not being treated as suspicious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Several distressed members of the public arrived at the scene shortly after the fire first broke out, joining a small gathering at the front of the house next door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It\u2019s understood the home had no power at the time of the fire and a generator was being used for electricity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/099107dfd6afea642ce1591cf1fe89890edd982f.jpg\" alt=\"It\u2019s understood the home had no power at the time of the fire and a generator was being used for electricity.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconIt\u2019s understood the home had no power at the time of the fire and a generator was being used for electricity. Credit: Ian Munro\/The West Australian<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It\u2019s the second fire at the property in the past week, with crews responding to a blaze in its rear shed sparked by lithium batteries on Monday last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A report will be prepared for the Coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A person has died in a house fire in Spearwood. 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