A woman remains in a critical condition after an intense fire tore through her Thomastown house last Wednesday.
Emergency services were called to her Kingsley Court address at 3.44pm.
It took 15 firefighters with at least four trucks about half-an-hour to control the blaze, which damaged seven of the eight rooms in the house as well as the roof cavity.
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) spokeswoman said two sisters lived in the house. Firefighters found one of the women, aged in her 60s, unconscious and not breathing in the bathroom of the house.
“Firefighters dragged her to safety and …commenced emergency medical response,” the MFB spokeswoman said.
The woman was later treated by paramedics from Ambulance Victoria before being airlifted to the Alfred Hospital for treatment to burns to her face and throat.
A spokeswoman from The Alfred said the woman remained in a critical condition late last week.
Her sister, believed to be in her 50s, suffered smoke inhalation and was treated at the scene.
Their two German Shepherds, two cats and several pet birds died in the fire.
Fire investigators and an arson chemist were at the scene on Wednesday. An electrical fault has been determined as the cause of the fire.
Investigators have yet to determine the cost of damages
