Family members have told of a mother's heroic actions during a horror shed fire that killed two children in Victoria's west yesterday.
Saige McGregor, 3, and Ashlynn McGregor, 18 months, died after they were playing in a shed at Officer Court, in the suburb of Corio, when it went up in flames.
Two other children, Isaac, and Mavis, aged 4 and 6, were airlifted to the Royal Children's hospital in a critical condition after suffering extensive burns.
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They are still fighting for life.
It's understood all four children were inside the shed when a couch was set alight.
Their mother, Jasmine Beck, rushed to help.
She suffered burns to her hands after desperately pushing aside the burning couch, which was blocking the doorway.
Anthony McGregor, who is the brother of the children's father, said Beck is still struggling to come to terms with the loss.
"She's distraught. She's not handling herself," he said.
"She's trying to be the best mum she can be right now and be there to support her children that are suffering. If anyone wants to know how a mother has just lost two kids and has two fighting for their lives is going — if you're a parent, you know.
"When your kid cuts their hand, you know how it feels to be worried about their child, and this is just multiplied by 1000, by a million. She's not coping. She's having a really hard time."
McGregor described the children as "loving and boisterous".
"Ashlynn is like the love of my life," he said.
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"Mavis and Isaac were the first two kids that ever taught me how to love properly.
"They're the babies of our family, the youngest members of our family, and they're gone.
"That's how we want everyone to remember them."
Victoria Police Inspector Emma Bartel told media yesterday that it was a "chaotic scene".
The fire isn't being treated as suspicious and police are yet to establish the cause of the fire.
