Mother, son killed in house fire in Queensland

Fire crews were called to a home on Cypress Street in Woodridge just after 6pm yesterday, where a house was engulfed in flames.

A woman aged in her 80s and her son, aged in his 60s, died in the blaze.

“It’s a terrible, terrible circumstance,” Queensland Police Acting Inspector Mark Proctor said.

He said the pair were believed to have had a disability that hindered their ability to leave when the fire erupted.

Police are investigating the cause of the blaze but it is not being treated as suspicious.

Anybody with information is urged to contact police.