Police investigate suspicious Bundaberg unit fire which has killed one person
A man has died in a horror house fire while two others were forced to flee the burning unit at Bundaberg. UPDATES.
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A man has been confirmed dead after a unit was destroyed in a fire at Bundaberg East.
Emergency services were called to the scene of the unit fire on Ann Street around 5.45am.
Police have confirmed a man was found dead inside the unit which was gutted by fire.
A crime scene was established to investigate the cause but police do not believe the blaze is suspicious.
Paramedics treated two other people in a stable condition.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman said the fire was extinguished shortly after crews arrived.
“It was a two-storey unit on Ann Street and the fire took place on the first level,” the spokeswoman said.
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