Woodridge fire: Two injured including one seriously as blaze engulfs Brisbane home

Two people are injured and multiple crews are at the scene of a house fire in Brisbane’s southern suburbs. WATCH THE VIDEO

Two people were injured and multiple crews were required to bring a fierce blaze under control that has engulfed a home at Woodridge in Brisbane’s south this morning.

At around 9.40am three fire crews arrived on the scene on the corner of Minoa St and Mullen St, which was well-involved upon their arrival.

The fire is now under control but the single-story house has been gutted and two patients have been treated at the scene.

A man in his 40s has been taken to hospital in a serious condition with significant burns to his arms, legs and face and another a stable female in her 20s has been treated for burns.

The home was fully engulfed when fire crews arrived. Picture: Judith Kerr

Thick smoke was billowing out of the house before flames started licking the sides of the house and neighbours says there was a strong smell of plastic.

A fire officer bright a man out of the house.

Police and fire crews at the scene in Woodridge. Picture: Judith Kerr

The man had visible injuries with hair on one side of his head burned.

He was in a great deal of pain and very emotional.

He was taken in an ambulance while paramedics treated a woman at the scene.

The blaze at a home in Woodridge on Saturday morning.

The woman was taken to a neighbouring yard and police were seen hosing her down.

They tried to put her on a stretcher but she was so badly burned she couldn’t lie down.

The blaze is now under control but fire crews remain at the scene. Picture: Judith Kerr

Police, ambulance and fire crews remain at the scene. Picture: Judith Kerr

Neighbours said the house took more than 20 minutes to bring under control.

The single-storey house was gutted by the blaze. Picture: Judith Kerr

Children do live at the house but they were not seen at the scene.

Fire crews at the scene after the blaze was brought under control. Picture: Judith Kerr

Mullen St remains closed with fire, police and ambulance crews still at the scene.