One person has died in a devastating house fire in North Rockhampton

A person has died in a fire that tore through a house in the Rockhampton region as Queensland firefighters have told of the scene that confronted them when they arrived at the scene. SEE THE VIDEO.

Authorities have confirmed that one person has died in a house fire in North Rockhampton on Friday morning.

The fire was reported at a two-storey house on Churchill Street, Park Avenue, at 7.06am.

Queensland Fire and Rescue Service station officer Brendan Kanowski told media at the scene that crews responded to a structure fire with one person reported missing.

Emergency services at the scene of a house fire on Churchill Street, Park Avenue, on April 22, 2022.

“Upon arrival, it was evident the top storey of the building was heavily involved in fire,” Mr Kanowski said.

“Crews tried to gain initial access to the building.

“Upon making access we found a deceased person.”

People console each other after a devastating house fire on Churchill Street, Park Avenue, on April 22, 2022.

Mr Kanowski said it was a “sole occupant house” and that investigations were ongoing.

“At this point in time we cannot confirm the cause of death,” he said.

“Investigations have to proceed to determine what the cause was.”

Emergency services at the scene of a house fire on Churchill Street, Park Avenue, on April 22, 2022.

Mr Kanowski said the bottom storey of the house was unaffected by the fire.

Queensland Police Service described the fire as “fairly serious”.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said there were multiple crews on scene, including “two urban pumps, a tanker and a senior officer”.

Fire-fighters inside the house on Churchill Street, Park Avenue, on April 22, 2022.

The QFES spokesman said the fire was in the top storey of the house and that it was “well involved” when crews arrived on scene.

He said the fire was under control by about 7.40am.

Police cordoned off the street but it was later reopened.

The house remained under police guard at 11am.

A person at a neighbouring house said that dwelling had also sustained some fire damage.

At 3.30pm on Friday, a Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said police had not yet formally identified the deceased person.

On Saturday, a QPS spokeswoman said police believed the deceased to be an "older female" but that the person's identity could not be confirmed until an autopsy had been completed.

A QPS spokesman said on Tuesday the cause of the fire was still under investigation, however, there were "no suspicious circumstances".

Police and QFES investigations are ongoing.