'Liam, call out! Where are you?' Dramatic bodycam footage shows police frantically searching for an unconscious boy trapped inside a house fire
- Police release footage of officers' efforts to save a boy trapped in burning home
- Frantic rescue effort at South Hedland house fire in March captured on bodycam
- Liam, 8, suffered smoke inhalation and burns but has since made a full recovery
Dramatic bodycam vision has captured the heroic efforts of police rushing into a burning home to save the life of an unconscious boy trapped inside.
Police were called out to the house fire in South Hedland in Western Australia's Pilbara region in the early hours of March 27.
When the officers arrived, they were told the harrowing news that an eight-year-old boy named Liam was unaccounted for.
Police arrived at the South Hedland home to find it alight and a boy still stuck inside
The police bodycam footage begins with an officer frantically searching for a way to enter the inferno.
'There's a child inside. Heavy smoke,' the officer yells.
'Whereabouts? Hey, back off. Back off. Back off,' another officer shouts to a resident who gets too close to the chaos.
Police smash a window to find a way to get inside and use flashlights to see through the heavy black smoke during the frantic search.
'Liam, call out! Liam, where are you?' they yell out.
The officer wearing the bodycam radios back to the station.
'We've got a child, Liam, apparently still inside. They're going to take a while,' he says.
He then jumps over a fence to ask neighbours if they have a hose.
Police smashed a window in order to get inside the burning home and save Liam
Minutes later an officer is heard yelling he has found Liam.
'I got him. I've got the boy,' he says.
'Get me urgent assistance,' he adds as he rushes outside carrying the boy.
Young Liam was flown to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and burns.
Liam has since made a full recovery and is seen at the end of the video giving a double thumbs up to the officers who saved his life.
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Moments after an officer yelled from inside that he has found Liam and rushes outside
'A great story, he's been able to return to good health,' WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said.
He also praised the tribute to the 'very, very brave actions' of officers involved.
'That's what the public expect, it's certainly what I expect,' he said.
The fire was later extinguished, which caused significant damage to the house.
An man, 18, was later charged with criminal damage by fire and acts or omission causing bodily harm or danger.
Eight-year-old Liam (pictured) was airlifted to hospital but has since made a full recovery
A man, 18, was later charged over the South Hedland blaze (pictured)on March 27
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