Tuesday 6 September 2022 06:41 PM Mooroolbark Melbourne house fire: Mother Hayley Tomkins found with stab wounds trends now
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An award-winning pharmacist has been identified as the mother found in a horrific house fire, that has left her children fighting for life in intensive care.
Hayley Tomkins was discovered inside her burning Mooroolbark home in east Melbourne on Monday at 9pm, with police revealing on Tuesday she had stab wounds to her stomach.
Emergency responders also found her 11-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter unconscious and suffering from severe smoke inhalation.
Pharmacist Hayley Tomkins (pictured receiving an award for her work at Eastern Health last year) has been identified as the Melbourne mother killed in a Mooroolbark house fire on Monday
Paramedics attempted to treat Ms Tomkins but she tragically died at the scene.
The decorated mother was awarded for her pharmacist work with Eastern Health last year.
Both children were rushed from the scene of the fire to the Royal
