Australia fire victim critical

Mr Alex Sisk (25), the son of Sisk construction director Mr John Sisk, who was seriously injured in a house fire in Australia…

Mr Alex Sisk (25), the son of Sisk construction director Mr John Sisk, who was seriously injured in a house fire in Australia earlier this week, is still critical at the Concorde Hospital in Sydney.

Doctors reported a slight improvement yesterday. But he remains in intensive care. His mother, Anna Maria, and sister, Maria Louisa, have flown out to the hospital to join his father and other brother, John Patrick, at his bedside.

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