Three young children in critical condition after Melbourne house fire

Reports of loud bang before blaze in Sydenham on Sunday night, with detectives and an arson chemist investigating

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Three children have been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a house fire in Melbourne's north-west.

There were reports of a loud bang and a fire near Fergus Court in Sydenham about 9.40pm on Sunday.

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