Police are investigating after the body of a woman, believed to be aged in her 50s, was found at the scene of a fire that engulfed a house in regional Queensland.
About midnight, emergency crews were called to Booker Street at Woolooga, a rural town located roughly 210km north-west of Brisbane, to find the property engulfed in flames.
The body of the woman, believed to be aged in her 50s, was discovered by first responders after the fire was extinguished.A woman's body has been found following a house fire in regional Queensland. Picture: iStock "A crime scene was declared and investigations are ongoing to confirm the identify of the deceased and establish the cause of the fire," police confirmed on Friday.
Woolooga is a rural town located in the Gympie region in Queensland, about a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Brisbane. Anyone with information can contact Policelink on 131 444 or
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