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A woman who was killed by her violent ex-partner in a suspected murder-suicide had reportedly called police on a daily basis in the build-up to her death.
Two bodies believed to be those of Doreen Langham, 49, and her ex-partner Gary Hely were found in a townhouse in Browns Plains in Brisbane s south in the early hours of Monday morning.
Ms Langham had been granted a temporary protection order against Hely, also 49, on February 9 - two weeks before the deadly blaze.
Her neighbours though said she had contacted police daily to report breaches of the order within that time, including twice in the hours before her death.
This article contains references to domestic violence.
A Queensland grandmother who perished in a suspicious house fire had recently taken out a protection order.
Tributes are flowing for 49-year-old Doreen Langham on social media pages that campaign against domestic violence.
Media reports have also named Ms Langham as a victim of Monday s blaze, south of Brisbane, along with a 49-year-old man identified as her ex-partner Gary Hely.
Police are yet to formally identify the bodies found inside the blackened shell of a Browns Plains home and are awaiting the results of an autopsy.
Investigators believe the fire was deliberately lit.
Queensland police name deceased in suspicious Browns Plains fire as Doreen Langham and Gary Hely
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Police found the bodies when sifting through the rubble of the blaze which engulfed the Logan property on Monday.
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Queensland police have said officers attended a Browns Plains townhouse hours before a blaze there killed two people.
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Investigators say police attended the home hours before the blaze after receiving a call from Ms Langham
Authorities believe the fire was deliberately lit
The fire will be subject to a coronial inquest overseen by the Crime and Corruption Commission