Woman suffers burns to face and arms as crews battle Gold Coast house fire

A brave neighbour has saved a 62-year-old woman by pulling her from her Gold Coast house after an explosion alerted him to a fire that has totally destroyed the property. WATCH THE VIDEO

A woman in her 60s is being treated for burns to her face, head and arms after a Gold Coast property was engulfed in flames, with heroic neighbours rescuing her by dragging her out of the building.
She was one of four people rescued from the single-storey house fire in Currumbin Valley about 7.30am Tuesday.

It was a loud explosion and the site of flames billowing from a low-set brick home at Currumbin Valley that first alerted neighbours to the fire.

QFES crews responded to a house fire at Currumbin, Gold Coast about 7.30am Tuesday morning, Source: 9News Queensland

QAS operational supervisor on the Gold Coast, David Morgan said neighbours saved the 62-year-old woman pulling her from the house.

“Crews responded to the house fire, on arrival the house was fully alight,” Mr Morgan said.

“She was found to have serious burns to both of her arms, chest and face … she has been transported to Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital in a serious but stable condition.”

Footage of the house fire at Currumbin Valley, Gold Coast after a house fire on Tuesday morning.

QFES Burleigh station manager Karl Slade said the woman was in the kitchen when fire broke out.

“All we’ve heard is that she told Ambos that she was cooking or preparing food,” Mr Slade said.

“One of the neighbours said he had heard an explosion or bang and then saw flames and fire. He ran over to her property, managed to gain entry or bust a door down and drag her out.

“She was near the door and she was burnt.”

He confirmed the home had been badly destroyed: “It’s just like a flat pile of debris, there were two cars in the garage that couldn’t be saved.”

It took six crews of urban and rural firefighters about 90 minutes to fully contain the blaze.

“We had difficulties because there was no reticulated water there, we had to use our tank supplies. There were three urban trucks and three rural trucks to come and supply us with water because there was none,” Mr Slade said.