Father speaks out after son drowns in neighbour's swimming pool

Isaac Powell tragically drowned in his neighbours swimming pool. PIC: GoFundMe

The father of a little boy who drowned in his neighbour's swimming pool is urging people to maintain their pool fences and learn CPR.

The Powell family had only just moved into their Canning Vale home and were unpacking last Thursday when they noticed their three-year-old, Isaac, was missing.

A short time later he was found by neighbours lifeless in their swimming pool.

His father Stephen Powell said they did not know there was a gap in the fence behind a shed in their backyard which allowed little Isaac to slip through to the neighbour's property.

"He was just playing in the backyard right and he managed to find a hole in the fence," Mr Powell told 9NEWS.

"He's gone through to our neighbours' house, I haven't even met them yet, I don't know them at all... and he's fallen in their pool."

Isaac was rushed to hospital where he was placed on life support.

Five days later his family made the decision to switch it off.

Mr Powell is urging people with pools to make sure their fences are maintained and they know CPR.

"If you've got a pool, maintain your fences and the people that found him they didn't know CPR," Powell said.

"I'm not saying it could've saved him but it's better than just doing nothing."

A GoFundMe page has raised over $30,000 for the family.
 

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