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\"AuthoritiesAuthorities have begun investigating the cause of a blaze that’s claimed three lives. Photo: Bianca De Marchi\/AAP PHOTOS<\/p>\n

A husband, wife and their teenage son have died in a suburban house fire, as investigators begin probing what caused the tragic blaze.<\/p>\n

Three bodies – a 52-year-old male, a 43-year-old female and a 16-year-old male – were discovered when police and fire crews entered a granny flat at the rear of a property at Wiley Park in Sydney’s southwest.<\/p>\n

Authorities had been called to the home on Cornelia St at about 9.45pm on Wednesday, following reports of a fire.<\/p>\n

The blaze reached the windows of the home before five fire trucks and 20 firefighters arrived, Fire and Rescue NSW officials said.<\/p>\n

The cause of the fire remained unknown.<\/p>\n

Neighbours told AAP the family, yet to be formally identified, had been living at the property for around 20 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The man’s mother lives in the main home and survived the incident.<\/p>\n

Crews forced their way through the property’s burning exterior extinguishing flames as they went, including on scaffolding and gardening trellis.<\/p>\n

Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell attended the scene on Thursday morning and promised an extensive investigation into the fire’s cause.<\/p>\n

”To lose three people in one fire like this is an absolute tragedy, it is devastating for the family of those people that have been lost last night,” he said.<\/p>\n

”This is a stark reminder of the dangers of home fires, particularly during the winter period.”<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice say they will work with the extended family to understand what led to the tragedy. (Bianca De Marchi\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

“We remind people the importance of having working smoke alarms, and that’s a working smoke alarm that you’ve actually pressed the button and you’ve heard the noise.”<\/p>\n

Officers from Campsie Police Area Command have since established a crime scene and an investigation has begun, NSW Police said.<\/p>\n

Police will work with the extended family to understand what led to the tragedy, Superintendent Sheridan Waldau said.<\/p>\n

A report will be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n

Australian Associated Press<\/p>\n

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