Overview
- Emergency calls came about 5:30–5:40am to a home on Darcy Way in Lawnton, north of Brisbane.
- Police confirmed one fatality, a 13-year-old girl, and said two teenagers and two adults in their 30s remain in critical condition with severe burns.
- Queensland Fire Department said five crews arrived to find the house engulfed, with parts of the structure collapsed, complicating the response.
- Firefighters evacuated neighbouring properties and closed local roads as rain helped crews contain the blaze.
- Fire investigators have been requested and a crime scene has been declared as authorities work to determine the cause.