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Mum, son dead after Beenleigh unit fire

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The mother of a three-year-old boy who died when a fire tore through their Queensland unit has also passed away.

Crystal Cartledge died on Tuesday afternoon, almost two days after the blaze engulfed her family's double-storey Beenleigh unit late on Sunday night.

The 30-year-old had been fighting for her life in the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital after suffering burns to 90 per cent of her body.

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Despite the efforts of neighbours to help, Crystal's three-year-old son Baileigh was pronounced dead at the scene.

The boy's father, one-year-old sister and five-year-old brother were admitted to hospital.

"I'm devastated," Crystal's younger sister Jemma Hosking told the Seven Network.

"She was a fun, bubbly, happy-go-lucky young lady."

Ms Hosking said Baileigh was a vivacious little boy, while another sister, Karlyn Hosking, remembers Crystal as a dedicated and loving mother.

An appeal established by the Logan House Fire Support Network after Baileigh's death has raised $11,000 for a funeral service.

It is understood an anonymous donor from Mount Nebo donated $10,000 of that sum.

Network spokesman Louie Naumovski said the figure must now edge closer to $20,000 to also cover Crystal's ceremony, as well as mounting medical costs.

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Mr Naumovski said the family and wider community were grieving.

"We always put the fire safety message out there ... but we can't get a life back," he told AAP.

There have reportedly been 25 house fires in Logan this year.

Investigations into the cause of the latest blaze are continuing.

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It is understood police are not ruling out the fire being deliberately lit.

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