Fears for woman, child missing after 'horrendous' blaze in Gold Coast unit complex
A woman and her six-year-old child remain unaccounted for and a man aged in his 40s was taken to hospital with smoke inhalation after fire ripped through a unit complex on Queensland's Gold Coast early this morning.
Police said they received multiple triple zero calls after the fire erupted in Biggera Waters about 1:30am and when they arrived, one of the units was already engulfed in flames. Senior Sergeant Brett Macgibbon said officers evacuated residents from neighbouring units but were unable to find the missing pair.
"The fire was very extensive at that stage and police were unable unfortunately to get into the unit," he said. "The fire was just horrendous when we've arrived, massive flames coming out of all the windows, neighbours were actually giving us ladders to try and convince us to go in."We have concerns for a 33-year-old woman and her six-year-old child that are also resident in the address."
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