Axe Man
13-09-2011, 11:36 AM
A FORMER AFL player has has thanked firefighters for battling a house blaze that killed his sister overnight.
Christine Wilcox, 59, died after the blaze at her Newport townhouse last night.
It is understood she may have been smoking in bed before the blaze, which gutted the upper storey of her townhouse.
Her brother, Peter Foster, returned to the scene this morning.
Mr Foster, who won Footscray's best and fairest in 1990 and played 163 games for the club, said firefighters did the best they could, after crews originally thought anyone inside had already escaped.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/woman-dies-in-newport-house-fire/story-fn7x8me2-1226135209665
Commiserations to Peter and his family.
Christine Wilcox, 59, died after the blaze at her Newport townhouse last night.
It is understood she may have been smoking in bed before the blaze, which gutted the upper storey of her townhouse.
Her brother, Peter Foster, returned to the scene this morning.
Mr Foster, who won Footscray's best and fairest in 1990 and played 163 games for the club, said firefighters did the best they could, after crews originally thought anyone inside had already escaped.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/woman-dies-in-newport-house-fire/story-fn7x8me2-1226135209665
Commiserations to Peter and his family.