- Mother and son die in house fire in Brisbane’s south
A mother and her disabled son have tragically perished in a house fire.
Emergency services found the two-storey home in Woodridge, in Brisbane’s south, fully ablaze when they arrived just after 6pm on Sunday.
A woman in her 80s and a disabled man in his 60s, believed to be her son, were found inside and declared dead at the scene.
Queensland Police Acting Inspector Mark Procter said the cause of the fire was being investigated by detectives.
Police are not treating the blaze as suspicious.
Emergency services found the two-storey home in Woodridge, in Brisbane’s south, fully ablaze when they arrived just after 6pm on Sunday (pictured, emergency crews at the scene)
A woman in her 80s and a man in his 60s, believed to be her son, were found inside
A Queensland Fire and Emergency services spokesman said the fire was brought under control by three crews at about 6.30pm.
‘Three crews arrived at the scene at 6.15pm,’ he said.
‘Fire was under control at 6.30pm. The house was well involved.’
More to come.
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