Firefighter injured in house blaze at Gladstone
Police are investigating the cause of a fire at an abandoned Central Qld home where a firefighter was injured while fighting the blaze. VIDEO, UPDATES
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Gladstone Police are investigating the cause of a fire at an abandoned Gladstone home on Wednesday morning.
A firefighter was burnt on the face while battling the blaze and was later taken to Gladstone Hospital for treatment in a stable condition.
A Queensland Fire Department spokesman said seven crews were initially called to 1 Margaret St about 7.45am.
By 8.30am three crews were still trying to extinguish the fire at the abandoned one-storey home which was “fully alight”.
The fire was extinguished at 8.36am, but fire crews remain monitoring the home.
Police have declared it a crime scene.
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