A woman and two children confirmed dead in house fire in Gladstone

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00:00A devastating morning discovery.

00:05But what I can confirm is that through the investigations which have been commenced,

00:09we have unfortunately located the bodies of three persons.

00:13A mother and two children were killed when a fire quickly took hold of this two-storey house in Gladstone.

00:20Neighbours were the first to raise the alarm just before 6am.

00:24The firefighters got woken by a bang, she looked out the back window and she comes screaming in and said,

00:29next door's on fire.

00:31Firefighters brought it under control about 90 minutes later.

00:35We had our first floor collapse to ground floor within about 10 to 15 minutes of our arrival.

00:41The extreme heat hampered search efforts as the fire jumped to several surrounding cars.

00:47Obviously the fire scene is very horrific for all first responders and everyone involved

00:52and it will take some time to go through.

00:55The Mayor says the deaths have left the tight-knit community in mourning.

00:59Absolutely terrible, heartbreaking.

01:02I was with relatives of the family this morning and my heart goes out to them.

01:06On behalf of the community we absolutely send our sincere condolences.

01:09The Premier has pledged to provide support.

01:12My heart really goes out for the family, the neighbours, the first responders.

01:19Neighbours have told the ABC they heard explosions and were shocked at the scale of the fire.

01:25Residents are struggling with the deaths of three people from well-known families.

01:30The community will wrap around the two families involved 100%.

01:34It's a small tight-knit community.

01:35I know we're getting close to 70,000 people but these people have been in our community for generations.

01:40A second crime scene has been declared on a nearby street.

01:44The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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