Queensland police launch investigation, saying they are keeping an ‘open mind’ over fatal blaze
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Everyone who saw the fire talks about how quickly it spread.
“Straight away there was black smoke everywhere,” says Brad Groat, a neighbour who saw the flames take hold of the old timber and tin Queenslander home on Russell Island in Redland Bay, near Brisbane.
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