Overview
- Queensland Police say the Durack warehouse blaze is being treated as suspicious as inquiries continue into its cause.
- Detectives are seeking CCTV or dashcam footage from midnight to 6:45am on Friday, November 28, in the surrounding area.
- The remains found inside have been identified as a 44-year-old man from Inala who was not known to work at the site and had not been reported missing.
- Emergency services were called at about 6:45am and officers could not safely enter until around 6pm, when the body was located.
- The fire destroyed the building and contents, including more than 600 Christmas hampers, disrupting weekly distribution of 20–30 tonnes of food to over 10,000 people, with a community fundraiser passing $63,000 and the Lord Mayor voicing support.