A three-year-old boy's death in a fire has led a coroner to recommend improved periodic checks on public housing electrical wiring to prevent another tragedy.
Despite brave efforts to save him, Mitchell Thomas died in a blaze at his home in the Alice Springs suburb of Larapinta on June 1, 2023.
Initial investigations identified the possible cause as an electrical fault in cabling in the ceiling, with timber beams catching fire and filling the house with smoke.
