A woman has suffered critical burns when a Blackheath home was destroyed by fire today.
About 1.10am (Friday 25 October 2019), emergency services were called to Park Lane, Blackheath, and found a 77-year-old woman with significant burns to her body, and a 56-year-old man with burns to his hands.
The woman was taken by road ambulance to Concord Hospital where she remains in a stable condition.
The man was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Katoomba Hospital for treatment.
Officers attached to Blue Mountains Police Area Command established a crime scene which will be forensically examined once deemed safe.
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
Anyone with information to assist investigators is urged to come forward.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or . Information is treated in strict confidence.
