Sydney, Oct. 10 -- A person has been found dead following a house fire in Sydney's northwest suburbs on Friday.

Emergency services were called to reports of the fire at a house in Eastwood, 15 kilometers northwest of central Sydney, around 9:30 a.m. local time.

Firefighters arrived to find the home ablaze and thick smoke billowing from a bedroom, News Corp Australia newspapers reported.

One person was reported as unaccounted for, and a body was later found inside the residence following an extensive search.

The deceased person has not yet been identified.

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