Australian Man Arrested Over Children's Death In "Horrifying" Home Fire

Flames engulfed the home in western Sydney's Lalor Park in the early hours of Sunday morning while the 28-year-old man, his female partner and seven children were inside, New South Wales state police said.

Australian authorities have accused a Sydney father of trying to stop rescuers from saving his own family in a "horrifying" home fire that killed two boys and a baby girl.

Flames engulfed the home in western Sydney's Lalor Park in the early hours of Sunday morning while the 28-year-old man, his female partner and seven children were inside, New South Wales state police said.

Three children -- two boys aged three and six, and a 10-month-old girl -- were killed.