Investigation launched into Chinchilla street brawl, people beaten, home smashed

Police release further details over a shocking weekend brawl that saw two people bashed and a home left smashed up. Full details here:

STREET BRAWL: A Mackie/Barber Street home was smashed up during violent street brawl in Chinchilla on the Western Downs. Pic: Google Maps

A longstanding feud between two Chinchilla men erupted into a violent street brawl at the weekend, leaving two people beaten and a home smashed up.

REGIONAL TOWN: Chinchilla is a small town west of Toowoomba with a population of more than 8500 - a large percentage of those being energy workers. Pic: Supplied

A Chinchilla police spokesman said a man and his son were sitting out the front of their home on Mackie and Barber Streets when a man known to them walked past.

After heated words were exchanged, the man reportedly walked off but soon returned with five of his friends.

Chaos ensued when some of the newcomers armed themselves with sticks during a violent street fight that left two men beaten, police say.

STREET BRAWL: A Mackie/Barber Street home was smashed up during violent street brawl in Chinchilla on the Western Downs. Pic: Google Maps

The police spokesman said the group ordered the pair to come out of their house after they sought refuge inside, with rocks, glass bottles, and bricks hurled through the air and smashing house windows.

The spokesman said the group of people scattered from the scene when police arrived about 9.51pm Sunday.

“Investigations into the matter are continuing,” he said.