CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
‘Most days, everyone gets home safely.’
The district inspector stared directly at the Channel 10 camera. He swallowed hard. The reporters and camera crews ringing around him—a much larger group than this morning—were silent, transfixed. Georgie knew that wouldn’t last.
‘But today we have had an officer and a civilian with injuries necessitating them to be airlifted to the Alfred Hospital. And although our investigations and formal identification are still underway, I can also confirm that,’ he paused, ‘tragically,’ squeezed lips emphasised the word, ‘a number of bodies have been located at the scene.’
He raised his voice over journalists throwing out questions. ‘Detectives from the arson and explosives squad are in attendance, and with an arson chemist and other invest
