Deception Bay house fire: Residents face nervous wait to see if anything can be saved

A fierce blaze at a house north of Brisbane is under control, however the home’s residents now face a long wait to see if any of their belongings can be saved.

Residents who lived in a house that went up in flames north of Brisbane face a nervous wait to see if any of their belongings can be saved.

Emergency services were called to a home in Deception Bay just after 8am to the house “well and truly alight”, according to a police spokesperson.

Neighbours reported screams from the home when the blaze started however all those inside the home are safe and accounted for.

Two of the three housemates were sent to hospital with respiratory issues.

Fire crews attend at a house fire at a house on Thompson street in Deception Bay. Picture: Tertius Pickard

A QAS spokeswoman said the patients are stable, however both suffer from respiratory conditions that are being worsened by smoke inhalation from the fire.

Shane Constable, one of the three occupants, said he was out walking his three-month-old dog at the time and came back to the public housing property engulfed in flames about 8.15am.

The fire was believed to have started sometime after 7am, with no cause yet known.

Emergency services were called to a home in Deception Bay just after 8am to the house "well and truly alight". Picture: 9 News

“I don’t know where it started, I think they said out the back near the kitchen,” Mr Constable said.

“I think the cat got out but I lost all my clothes.

“They won’t let us in until this afternoon.”

He said kindly neighbours had offered him accommodation until he could find somewhere else to live.

Part of the building’s roof has collapsed. Picture: 9 News

“I should be right. They’re just clothes, they can be replaced,” he said.

“But I’m going to go to a motel tonight and will see where I can stay.”

Mr Constable, who had lived at the property for six months, said a fire alarm alerted his housemates.

Shane Constable with his dog Ghidea lives in the house that caught fire on Thompson street in Deception Bay. Picture: Tertius Pickard

Fire crews had the flames contained in 15 minutes, according to witnesses.

Neighbour Kayla Larder said she heard loud pops from the glass breaking.

“You could hear it from five doors down,” she said.

“By the time we got half way down the street the flames were coming out of the roof.

“I just bolted in my PJs. I ran down just to make sure everyone was OK.”

She said it was a tight-knit community and neighbours knew the occupants and were very sad for them.