Detectives investigating a fatal house fire in north Queensland say a woman who died had a domestic violence order in place against her partner.
Detectives have launched a homicide investigation after a suspicious house fire in north Queensland claimed a woman's life.Detectives are yet to speak to her seriously injured partnerActing Chief Superintendent Chris Lawson said detectives believed the fire was deliberately lit.
The woman's partner, a 65-year-old man, remains in a serious condition in the Royal Brisbane Hospital and police have been unable to speak with him. "We don't want to rule anything out at this stage and we don't want to speculate — until we actually speak with this male [it] is difficult for us to establish exactly what the reasoning behind the whole incident was," he said.
"We're working closely with the staff at the hospital to ensure that as soon as [the man] is able to, he will be speaking with the police."
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