A teenage boy has been charged after a house fire in Sydney's Inner west yesterday.
About 4am on Tuesday 27 October 2026, emergency services were called to Weddle Avenue, Abbotsford, after reports of a house fire.
Officers from Burwood Police Area Command attended finding the home well alight.
Police utilised a ladder to rescue an elderly woman from a balcony of the home and neighbouring houses were also evacuated.
Fire and Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the fire, however, the home was destroyed.
Three of the four occupants were treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics for smoke inhalation and taken to hospital for further assessment, including a man who assisted in rescuing the elderly woman from the home.
Following inquiries, about 11pm yesterday (Tuesday 27 October 2026), detectives attached to Strike Force Sweetenham, Burwood Police Area Command with assistance from State Crime Commands Arson Squad arrested a 17-year-old boy at a home on Blackwood Road, Merrylands.
He was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics for burns to his hands and legs before being taken to hospital in a stable condition where he remains.
A search warrant was executed at the premises with police locating and seizing a number of items of interest.
He has been charged with damage property by fire / explosion more than $15,000, be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner and dishonestly obtain property by deception.
He was refused bail and will appear before Parramatta Bail Division Court today (Wednesday 28 October 2026).
