Updated September 25, 2026 — 2:44pm , first published 11:14am

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Police will resort to dental records and DNA samples to identify a body found in a Bellbird Park home officers said was officially uninhabited when it burnt down on Thursday evening.

Officers arriving at the two-storey brick house on Verran Street in Bellbird Park noted a smell of petrol when they arrived about 5pm Thursday, Assistant Commissioner Matthew Vanderbyl said.

“We are very much treating that as a suspicious fire,” Vanderbyl said.

Although fire crews arriving about the…

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