Multiple fire crews dispatched after car crashes into tree at Brooklands
A Brisbane area woman and a Nanango man have died after the car they were travelling in crashed into a tree and burst into flames.
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Police have released information about the man and woman who died after their car crashed into a tree and burst into flames along a regional Queensland road on Tuesday.
A 55-year-old Logan woman and an 82-year-old Nanango man tragically died after the blue Subaru Forester the woman was driving left the road, hit a tree and burst into flames.
Emergency crews were called to the crash on Nanango-Brooklands Road, about 20km west of Nanango, at 11am on Tuesday.
They arrived to find the vehicle fully engulfed in flames.
A Queensland Fire Departments spokesman said crews were able ti contain a fire, which spread to nearby scrub and grass.
They had the car fire extinguished by 11.40pm.
The road has been closed to traffic and motorists are advised to avoid the area.
Queensland Police are investigating the circumstances leading up to the incident.