Overview
- The fire broke out just after 3am at a unit block on Water Street in Brisbane’s inner-city suburb of Spring Hill.
- A man in his 80s suffered life-threatening burns and a woman in her 30s sustained potentially life-threatening burns, with both taken to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
- A second man was transported to Princess Alexandra Hospital in stable condition with minor burns.
- Firefighters evacuated residents and rescued at least one person from a fully involved top-floor unit before bringing the blaze under control in about 20 to 30 minutes.
- All crews cleared the scene by about 5:30am and police declared a crime scene, with the cause still under investigation.