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A mother and child escaped a house fire unharmed Thursday morning, but authorities say if it weren’t for the smoke alarms the incident could have ended much worse.
Emergency services were called to Collins Ln in Kin Kora at 12.30am after reports a unit was on fire.
Authorities believe the fire started in the kitchen.
Forensic crash investigators are trying to piece together how a station wagon crashed on a rural Central Queensland road on Wednesday afternoon, seriously injuring an elderly couple.
A couple in their 70s were airlifted separately to Rockhampton Hospital Wednesday afternoon after their vehicle crashed on Baralaba Rannes Road at Kokotungo.