Bowen Mountain fire: Two children missing after house fire near the Blue Mountains
A desperate search is underway to locate two children who are reportedly missing after a house fire broke out on Monday morning.
Two children are reportedly missing after a fire broke out in a home near the Blue Mountains overnight.
Emergency services arrived at the scene on Lieutenant Bowen Road in Bowen Mountain at 2.10am on Monday morning to find the property alight.
Five people escaped from the home and are being treated at Nepean Hospital near Penrith for non-life-threatening injuries including smoke inhalation.
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A search is now underway to find the two other children who were reportedly inside the home at the time of the fire.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
Bowen Mountain is located about 80 kilometres from Sydney CBD in the foothills of the Blue Mountains.
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