SYDNEY, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Two people have been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being rescued from a house fire southwest of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland on Tuesday morning.
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) said that emergency services were called to reports of a unit fully engulfed in flames in the city of Ipswich, 30 km southwest of Brisbane, around 4:20 a.m. on Tuesday.
Two residents, a man and a woman aged in their 60s, who were inside the unit when the fire started, were initially unaccounted for, but were located and rescued a short time later.
Both were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Four residents of a neighboring property, a woman and three children, were also assessed by ambulance paramedics, but did not suffer any injuries.
The QPS said that investigations have commenced into the cause of the fire. ■
