The young victims of a devastating Blue Mountains house fire have been identified as Myla Summer-Lea Hughes, 10, and River William Higgins, three, as tributes continue to pour in.
The two children died in the blaze, while their father and four siblings escaped the inferno at about 2am on Monday at the family’s home in Bowen Mountain, in the foothills of the Blue Mountains.
It’s the first time the children’s ages have been publicly identified.
The fire broke out on the morning the family of eight had been due to move interstate to ‘begin a new chapter together’.
The children’s mother, Skye Hughes, was travelling to their new home in Queensland when the fire started.
All five survivors were discharged from Nepean Hospital on Tuesday morning after being treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns.
A GoFundMe has been launched by a family friend to help the Hughes-Higgins family plan funeral and memorial expenses and emergency accommodation costs.
‘Beloved children of Skye Hughes and David Higgins, these precious lives were deeply loved, and this unimaginable tragedy has left the family facing profound grief, trauma and overwhelming loss,’ organiser Natasha Holden said.
More to come.
Myla Summer-Lea Hughes, 10, tragically died in the Bowen Mountains house fire on Monday
Her three-year-old brother River William Higgins also passed away
