Man, 50s, hospitalised with significant burns in fire near Tamborine

A man has been rushed to hospital after he was seriously injured in a fire west of the Gold Coast. Read the latest

Man hospitalised with significant burns. Picture: Charlton Hart

A man has sustained “significant burns” in a fire at a property west of the Gold Coast on Monday morning.

Emergency service were called to a private address at Tamborine, in the Scenic Rim, about four kilometres from Wongawallan around 10.20am to treat a man in his 50s.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said the man sustained serious burns when he reportedly was lighting a fire at the property.

He was treated by paramedics at the home before being taken to Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in a stable condition for further treatment.

Originally published as Man, 50s, hospitalised with significant burns in fire near Tamborine