Fatal house fire at Redhill
Where: Hope Street, Redhill, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A man has died and two people remain in hospital following a fire at Redhill last night.
Just after 7pm on Saturday 19 September, police and emergency crews responded to reports of a house fire on Hope Street, Redhill.
A 63-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman were found with serious burns and were airlifted to hospital in Adelaide for treatment.
The man’s injuries are believed to be life threatening while the woman remains in a stable condition.
Once the fire was extinguished and the property was safe to enter, firefighters then located the body of a 65-year-old man.
Yorke Mid North Detectives will allege the 63-year-old man from Wirrabara attended at the Hope Street home and deliberately lit the fire which also resulted in him sustaining severe burns.
The man is expected to be charged with murder, attempt murder and arson once medically possible.
Local detectives are being assisted at the scene by Major Crime and Forensic Response officers.
The incident is not considered random and the parties involved were known to each other.
Police ask anyone who was witness to the incident or has CCTV or dashcam footage that can assist with the investigation to contact Crime Stoppers at www.crimestopperssa.com.au or on 1800 333 000 – you can remain anonymous.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Port Pirie council area
Port Pirie is a council area in South Australia with about 17,664 residents. It has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 77th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (85th percentile), break-ins (85th percentile), homicide (83rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 54.
- Violent
- 2,349 per 100k
- Property
- 5,763 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 1,059 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,834 per 100k
See the full Port Pirie crime profile
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