Man fighting for life after Raceview house burns in suspicious circumstances

Neighbours of a man who is now fighting for his life after a suspicious house fire in the early hours of Friday morning say they are shocked as a crime scene was established on the ‘quiet’ Ipswich street.

Neighbours of a man who is fighting for his life after a suspicious house fire in the early hours of Friday morning say they were shocked as a crime scene was established on the “quiet” Ipswich street.

Police believe a group of people were behind the attack of a man, believed to be in his 40s, at a Raceview house about 4.45am.

It is believed they also started the fire.

Police have cordoned off Mahogany St at Raceview following a house fire and disturbance early Friday morning in which a man was seriously injured.

A crime scene has been established on Mahogany Street with detectives and scenes of crime officers on scene on Friday morning.

Firefighters extinguished the fire in the roof structure of the low-set brick house with four crews attending.

The victim of the attack was rushed to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in critical condition with burns to his arms and legs and abdominal and facial injuries.

All of residents on the street the QT spoke to on Friday morning didn’t hear anything untoward overnight.

Some were some woken by the sounds of sirens.

One neighbour, who did not want to be named, said he was woken up by his teenage granddaughter about 4.45am.

“I was in my room and then she came in to me and told this was all out here,” he said.

“So I came out and here we are. I don’t really know anything.”

The man said despite the occasional burnout, it had been a pretty peaceful area to live during his six years in the street.

“It’s a very quiet street, very quiet people,” he said.

“There’s a few clowns but really it’s a good neighbourhood.

“We don’t really hear much of them (who live in the house) at all.”

It comes as a structure was evacuated in Brisbane’s north this morning with firefighters arriving to smoke pouring from the structure.

There were seven firefighting crews at the scene with the majority arriving at around 5:30am this morning, the fire was under control by 5:55am and extinguished at 6:20am.

There have been no reported injuries at this stage.

Police and fire investigators are on scene and investigating the source of the fire.