Teenager dies after fire at family home in Adelaide

A 13-YEAR-OLD boy has died after being trapped in a house fire that broke out in the early hours this morning in Adelaide’s south.

A 13-YEAR-OLD boy has died during a house fire in Adelaide’s south this morning.

It’s believed the boy was trapped in the house and his father was also critically injured when he went back in the house to try and save him, according to Channel 7.

Emergency services were called to the blaze on Smith Dorrien St, Netherby just before 3.30am.

A group of international students were also trapped at the rear of the building.

“The rear of the premises was heavily involved in fire and there was very narrow access from the rear yard to the front so obviously the intensity of the fire was keeping the students trapped in the backyard effectively,” Commander Rainer Kiessling said.

Residents were evacuated from the home and a bungalow in the yard, before South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service firefighters extinguished the fire.

Investigators are on scene working to establish the cause of the fire.

A firefighter pictured at the scene. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP

Footage of the fire. Picture: Sunrise/Channel 7

Fire fighters attend to a house fire in a suburban Street in Netherby, Adelaide, Monday, August 14, 2017. A boy has died and a man in his 60s is fighting for life after a house fire in Adelaide. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP