Police investigating after suspicious man approaches child at Coomera

Police are investigating after a child was allegedly approached by a suspicious man while out walking along a Gold Coast street.

POLICE are investigating after a child was allegedly approached by a suspicious man while out walking along a Gold Coast street.

The 11-year-old girl was walking along Learning Street at Coomera when a man driving an older silver sedan allegedly approached her between 7.55am and 8.25am Tuesday.

Police said the man was possibly driving a Nissan, Mazda or Toyota type vehicle, with five spoke star pattern mag wheels.

Anyone with information and dashcam footage is urged to contact Police Link on 131 444.

Man critically injured after Gold Coast unit fire

October 11, 2021

POLICE are investigating a blaze in the kitchen of a unit, which has left a man critically injured and resulted in the hasty evacuation of a Gold Coast apartment block.

Emergency services were called to Duet Dr at Mermaid Waters about 11.45pm on Sunday.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spotted smoke on arrival and firefighters began tackling the fire in a second floor residence, a spokeswoman said.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services sent three firefighting crews to battle the fire at Mermaid Waters. File image. Picture: Zizi Averill

The fire was contained to the kitchen of the unit and was extinguished by about 12.15am.

Firefighters conducted atmospheric monitoring before leaving about 1.20am.

All eight units in the block had to be evacuated, a Gold Coast police spokeswoman said.

She said the fire caused “substantial damage” to the unit and a 45-year-old man was carried from the residence “possibly suffering smoke inhalation”.

But Queensland Ambulance paramedics, including Critical Care and High Acuity Response Unit, took the man to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition, a statement read.

A 20-year-old man who also lived in the unit was also taken to the hospital in a stable condition suffering from smoke inhalation.

Police believe the fire was “non-suspicious”, but investigations were ongoing on Monday morning.

Car gutted in blaze on Gold Coast beach in early hours

October 8: Police are investigating the circumstances behind an unusual car fire in the dunes at a Gold Coast beach.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) and Queensland Police were called to Broadbeach Beach off Margaret Ave at Broadbeach about 4.30am on Friday.

A firefighting crew arrived at the beach and found the fire had engulfed the car.

The car was gutted in the blaze at Broadbeach. File image. Photo: Janessa Ekert

The blaze in the dunes was “well involved”, according to a QFES spokeswoman.

It only took firefighters five minutes or so to get the fire under control and they left the area about 4.50am.

A towing company was called to remove the charred vehicle from the beach.

Queensland Police officers were investigating the fire later on Friday morning.

The car has not been reported stolen, but police were making “follow-up inquiries” to find out more about the vehicle and the fire.

Know more about the fire? Phone Policelink on 131 444.

Meanwhile, firefighters were also called to a blaze inside a garage at Sailfish Cove Mermaid Waters about 10.10pm and a screen door which had caught fire at Miami about 8.45pm on Thursday.

Two firefighting crews were sent to extinguish the garage fire on Cottesloe Dr, which was described by a QFES spokeswoman as fairly minor.

The screen door fire on Mountain View Ave at Miami was extinguished by the time firefighters arrived.

An occupant of the residence managed to put out the fire themselves.

Queensland Police were also called and will be contacted for any more information.

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Originally published as Police investigating after suspicious man approaches child at Coomera