House fire at Brisbane Rd Riverview

A bystander kicked in the door to an Ipswich home on Thursday afternoon to allow pets to escape an inferno.

UPDATE 6PM: Two dogs were saved from a burning Ipswich home on Thursday afternoon when a bystander kicked in the door.

The house on Brisbane Rd at Riverview caught fire just before 2pm, with multiple fire crews fighting the blaze until after 3pm.

There was nothing they could do to save the home, which was already fully ablaze by the time they arrived on scene.

Police confirmed there was nobody home at the time.

Initial investigations suggest there are no suspicious circumstances.

EARLIER: Multiple fire crews are at the scene of a house fire at Riverview this afternoon.

A Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said the fire broke out in the single storey timber home on Brisbane Rd about 2pm.

Four fire crews were at the scene just after 2pm but reported the house was already engulfed in flames, with black smoke visible from several kilometres away.

Paramedics are on standby at the scene but there are no reports of anyone trapped in the house at this stage.