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Two people fighting for life after suspicious Gold Coast house fire

ABC Australia · Jun 30, 2026, 7:55 PM

Key takeaways

  • Police allege an offender set fire to the home on Sickle Avenue at Hope Island about 11:45pm.
  • A Queensland Fire Department spokesperson said five crews attended the scene and the fire was extinguished two hours later.
  • Two people sustained life-threatening burn injuries and were taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.

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Link copied Share Share article. An investigation is underway into a suspicious fire that gutted a house on the Gold Coast overnight.

Police allege an offender set fire to the home on Sickle Avenue at Hope Island about 11:45pm.

A Queensland Fire Department spokesperson said five crews attended the scene and the fire was extinguished two hours later.

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