Laidley home destroyed in morning fire
EMERGENCY services are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a Lockyer Valley house in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Three crews arrived at the Short St, Laidley address just before 3am and extinguished the blaze in just under an hour.
Queensland Fire Emergency Services Laidley Fire Station captain Craig Barrett said crews were called back to the scene at 8am.
“We packed up and thought we were right, but we got a call back because of a flare up,” Mr Barrett said.
“We think where the bathtub had fallen downstairs there was some debris underneath it that we didn’t get enough water on last night.”
Emergency services investigating the cause of the fire were on scene when the fire started to smoulder.
The cause of the fire was yet to be determined, but Mr Barrett said the house was destroyed.
“The floor has fallen through and most of it has collapsed, the downstairs wall on one side has fallen out and the roof has caved in at the back,” he said.
No one was at the property when the fire started.
It is suspected the occupants of the property were in the process of moving out and the house was only partially furnished.
Mr Barrett urged all residents to take precautions if they planned to vacate their property.
At present the fire is not suspicious, but the Fire Investigation Unit and Criminal Investigation Branch are working on an official outcome.