Residents have told reporters of the chaos as the Acacia Ridge home was engulfed in flames about 10pm yesterday. Initial investigations indicate at about 4.51pm at a residence on Hemsworth Street, a male person was observed to exit a white Mitsubishi Magna sedan and throw two objects at the house shattering a glass door. Initial investigations indicate at about 4.51pm at a residence on Hemsworth Street, a male person was observed to exit a white Mitsubishi Magna sedan and throw two objects at the house shattering a glass door. Emergency services were called to the low-set house on Gregory Street at Acacia Ridge just before 10:00pm, where they found part of the house engulfed in fire. Smoke visible from the city. Report on 7 News at 6pm. Video: Ck Kular.
Police are investigating a suspicious house fire that occurred at Acacia Ridge this afternoon. Pic Tobias Jurss-Lewis Pic Tobias Jurss-Lewis Mick pushed through the fire and ‘black toxic smoke’, escorted 71-year-old Josie Reid to safety.
During that time she covered everything from the 2016 US election to the the Thai Cave Rescue.The announcement we were returning to lockdown came as a bitter disappointment for many of us in Victoria, 9News presenter Peter Hitchener writes. "He was a beautiful Scotsman."They were confronted with flames coming out of a side window and lots of smoke emitting from other windows," Inspector Clark said."They said 'the old people's house is on fire' and I know … [them] very well."Things were exploding inside.""There was black toxic smoke coming out of everywhere."Once outside, Mr Schmidt grabbed his garden hose, running it through a window, and two fire extinguishers to try to douse the flames."What else can you do but try?"We put it out twice but it just kept igniting all the time.""She was going '[he's] in there, [he's] in there'," he said."[There were] a lot of local residents trying to help.""If I had gotten Ricky out, then I would have said yes to being a hero."They're a beautiful couple, I've got a lot of respect and time for them.Mick Schmidt raced to help the pair after he was woken by neighbours bashing on his front window about 10:00pm, before firefighters arrived at the Acacia Ridge home."I tried to go in there but the flames just pushed me back.Mr Schmidt and the woman he saved were both treated in hospital for minor injuries."I've just done what any normal Australian person would do for their fellow man," he said.A 72-year-old man Brisbane has died and his 71-year-old wife has been saved by a neighbour who says he is "no hero" after a fire engulfed the elderly couple's home late last night.Mr Hollis said he knew the family well.Queensland Fire and Emergency Service Inspector Timothy Clark said four crews worked to put out the blaze, which was mainly contained to one room."I'm a bit shook up by it."Despite his efforts, Mr Schmidt, 56, said he was "no hero".Other neighbours were also helping."The room [her husband] was in was fully engulfed."I just raced straight over, straight in the front door looking for [the woman] first off.This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced."I was sound asleep," he said.Another neighbour, Dean Hollis, said there were panicked and chaotic scenes after the flames broke out.Mr Schmidt said the woman "hysterical to an extent"."Everyone was running around trying to put the fire out," he said."It felt good to get her out of there and I wish I could have got him out of there."She was not in a good way, she was hysterical to an extent."They've been there for about 15 years, I feel sorry for their son," Mr Hollis said."And I said that 'you got to get out of here'.A crime scene has been established as the cause of the fire is investigated.
Video: Two burnt in house fire (7pm TV News QLD) Map: Acacia Ridge 4110 Investigations are continuing into the cause of a fire that injured two people and … The Reids’ house in Acacia Ridge.
The house subsequently caught on fire destroying a lower level bedroom and … "I got woken up, got told the house was on fire…