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Body found after 'suspicious' house fire near Ipswich

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  • A body has been found after a house fire at Bellbird Park, west of Brisbane, with a man in his 30s taken to Ipswich Hospital with smoke inhalation and burns.
  • A person has died in a "suspicious" house fire at Bellbird Park, west of Brisbane, with neighbours reporting they had smelled petrol in the area.
  • Matthew Vanderbyl, Queensland Police's southern region assistant commissioner, said the house had already been affected when emergency services arrived and it took hours to put out.

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A body has been found after a house fire at Bellbird Park, west of Brisbane, with a man in his 30s taken to Ipswich Hospital with smoke inhalation and burns.

Police were called to the Verran Street address around 5pm on Thursday to find the building engulfed in flames.

With residents reporting they had smelled petrol in the area, Queensland Police say they are treating the fire as "suspicious".

A person has died in a "suspicious" house fire at Bellbird Park, west of Brisbane, with neighbours reporting they had smelled petrol in the area.

The gender of the person who died has not been revealed.

Emergency crews were called to the Verran Street address around 5pm on Thursday after receiving reports from nearby residents.

Matthew Vanderbyl, Queensland Police's southern region assistant commissioner, said the house had already been affected when emergency services arrived and it took hours to put out.

"This morning, the remains of a person were found on the top floor of that house."

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