Woman killed in Sunshine Coast house fire
A young woman has died after being severely burned in a unit fire on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast overnight.
Emergency services were first alerted to the fire at the unit block on King Street in Buderim at around 7.30pm yesterday.
The 21-year-old woman managed to escape the fierce blaze, but died from her injuries. Damian Smith
Callers reported that one of the units in the complex was fully engulfed in flames.
A 21-year-old Kallangur woman who had been inside the unit was able to escape.
She was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with serious burns but died from her injuries.
Residents of neighbouring units were also evacuated.
What sparked the blaze remains unclear, and police are investigating.
Anyone with relevant information or CCTV or dashcam footage of the blaze is being urged to contact authorities.
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