Commentary
People in Queensland, and throughout Australia, watched in horror when they saw television images of a burning house in Clayfied, Brisbane in which a six-year-old boy, Max Chirila, died during a horrific blaze, likely caused by an electrical fault. As the roof of the house had collapsed, it was not immediately possible to ascertain whether smoke alarms had been installed in the house, which potentially could have alerted the boy to the grave danger.
