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Investigations are continuing into a horrific house fire that claimed the lives of a mother and two children in central Queensland.
Jordana Johnson and her son Jordan Norris, along with his friend Chazz Mather, are believed to be the victims of the blaze in Gladstone.
Neighbours told Nine News they heard two bangs followed by a woman screaming for help from inside the house on Whiting Street just before 6am on Wednesday.
The noises were so loud one of the neighbours said they thought it was an aeroplane engine.
A second Gladstone house was established as a crime scene on Wednesday night, with police standing guard outside the home.
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Whether the fire was a case of arson or an accident was yet to be determined by police.
It took five crews hours to put out the flames, which were so intense they caused the top floor of the two-storey home to crumble.
The home is reported as public housing, and Detective Acting Superintendent Luke Peachey yesterday said it seemed to be a place “people come and go from”.
The victims’ families would be supported as authorities tried to piece together what caused the fatal fire, he said.
Emergency services at the burned house.Credit: Today
“We’d like to pass on our sincere condolences to all those families who are affected,” he said.
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