A woman has been arrested and charged over a deadly house fire in Melbourne’s north-west last year that killed two children and hospitalised a third.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old woman was arrested in Tarneit on Tuesday and charged with two counts of negligent manslaughter and one count of negligently cause serious injury.<\/p>\n
It follows a year-long investigation into the deadly blaze by detectives from the Arson and Explosives Squad.<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to a burning property in Sydenham just after 9:30pm on September 8 last year.<\/p>\n
The three children were found unconscious and hospitalised with life-threatening injuries, with two girls dying in hospital three days later.<\/p>\n
In the aftermath of the fire, police said detectives believed the blaze began in the rear of the property, while the three children were in a different section of the house.<\/p>\n
Police said both the mother of the three children and the biological father of one of the children were known to police.<\/p>\n
The woman is expected to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on September 17.<\/p>\n
Police said the investigation into the exact circumstances around the fire remains ongoing.<\/p>\n