Five rushed to hospital following Maroochydore house fire, Sunshine Coast

Five people – including a toddler, a baby, and a badly burnt man – have been rushed to hospital after a two storey town house was fully engulfed in a horror house fire on the Sunshine Coast overnight. PHOTOS

Emergency crews at a house fire on Tepequar Drive, Maroochydore: Photo: Trent Lister

Five people – including a toddler, a baby, and a badly burnt man – have been rushed to hospital after a two storey town house was fully engulfed in a horror house fire on the Sunshine Coast overnight.

Emergency services were called to the house fire at Tepequar Drive at 10pm, Monday night.

Emergency crews at a house fire on Tepequar Drive, Maroochydore: Photo: Trent Lister

A Queensland Fire Department spokeswoman said the house was well involved upon arrival and that crews had the fire fully out by 11pm.

Ambulance crews rushed one man with burns to his back and arms in a potentially-life threatening condition to Sunshine Coast University Hospital

One woman in her 30s with burns to her feet and smoke inhalation was taken in a stable condition to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

One boy toddler was taken in a stable condition with smoke inhalation to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Emergency crews at a house fire on Tepequar Drive, Maroochydore: Photo: Trent Lister

One baby boy with smoke inhalation was taken stable to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

And another stable man with a shoulder injury was taken to Buderim Private Hospital.

The QFD spokeswoman said fire investigators and police remained on scene this morning.

A police spokeswoman confirmed police were there Tuesday morning and a crime scene had been declared.

Investigations were ongoing.