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Five in hospital after e-scooter catches fire
By Jocelyn Garcia
An e-scooter that caught fire at a home in Brisbane’s south-west has led to five people being taken to hospital.
Emergency services were called to the home on Sigiriya Street at Darra just before 4am on Thursday.
The e-scooter caught fire in a Brisbane home.Credit: Nine News
Three firefighting crews attended the scene where they removed the e-scooter from the home and extinguished the blaze.
They then continued to ventilate the home.
A man in his forties with burns to his back was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, while a man in his fifties with smoke inhalation was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
One woman in her thirties with minor burns to her hands and a teenage girl with smoke inhalation were rushed to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
Another teenage girl was taken to Queensland Children’s Hospital with smoke inhalation.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson said they were all in stable condition.
Fire investigators arrived at the scene at 8.30am.