SYDNEY, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A man died and the other man was injured in a house fire in western suburbs of Melbourne, the capital city of Australia's state of Victoria.
Emergency services were called to the house in Deer Park, about 16 km west of central Melbourne, at about 12 p.m. local time on Thursday after the fire started in a bedroom, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
Police said that two people were in the home at the time. One man died at the scene and the other man in his 30s was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Fire and rescue authorities said that the fire was contained to one bedroom and was brought under control in less than 15 minutes.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
It is the second deadly house fire in the area in seven days. A 27-year-old woman was killed on Jan. 16 when a house in the neighboring suburb of Truganina was targeted in an arson attack that police said was a case of mistaken identity. ■
