Doctors were expected to look at Kalais’ lungs on Wednesday, he said.
“Apparently he was nowhere near as bad as he could have been,” Petalas told The Age. “He’s tried to wake himself up three times already. He’s a fighter.”
Izabel (left) and Kalais eating fish and chips. The siblings were hospitalised following the Sydenham house fire.
The fire shocked the quiet neighbourhood, with many residents believing nobody was inside when the blaze broke out at the recently sold single-storey brick property.
Many heard bangs or explosions – one resident, Debbie Zuccala, described the sounds as “like a bomb” – and rushed out to the road to see what the commotion was and called emergency services.
Firefighters pulled out the three children, who were found unconscious at the front of the house, just after 9:30pm.
Police believe the fire might have burnt for up to 30 minutes before emergency services were able to retrieve the siblings.
Izabel and her mother, Shania Lee.
The children’s mother was at the hospital on Monday, police said.
Detective Acting Inspector Adam Henry, from the arson and explosives squad, said on Monday the mother and her three children moved into the house last week.
He said arson chemists were still working on the cause of the blaze but believed it started inside the rear of the house.
“At this stage it’s too early to say whether the fire is suspicious or not, and it’s important we don’t pre-empt any possible outcomes or make any assumptions,” he said.
Emergency services were called to the Fergus Court house following reports of a loud bang heard in the area on Sunday, September 8 about 9.40pm.Credit: Joe Armao
He was unable to clarify if she or someone else was at home with her children at the time of the fire.
Police spoke briefly to Lee, who was “understandably quite distressed”, and investigators would formally speak to her again, Henry said.
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