Police identify victim of deadly Everton Hills house fire
Police have formally identified one of three people who died in a ferocious house fire in Brisbane's north.
A 53-year-old man was among the victims of the Tuesday morning blaze at Everton Hills, which is being treated as suspicious.
Detective Acting Inspector Joe Zitny said the people living at the property knew the man.
Police now say two men and a woman died in the fire. They initially believed two women and a man were killed.
The identification came as SES crews were called in on Wednesday morning to help detectives with a line search of the charred property and surrounding area.
It is not yet known what sparked the fire, which tore through the two-storey house, after neighbours heard yelling and an explosion about 5.40am.
But neighbours have since reported smelling fuel, hearing an explosion and the sound of one or more vehicles taking off quickly from the Pavonia Street address.
SES crews on scene at Everton Hills
Photo: Jess Millward/Nine News.A crime scene was established and fire crews worked to stabilise the fire on Tuesday afternoon to help police retrieve the three bodies inside.
Acting Inspector Zitny said police would be investigating the 24 hours leading up to the fire and called for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage from the area to contact Crime Stoppers immediately.
"Anybody who may be able to offer any information concerning movements in the street, in the early hours of yesterday morning...anything remarkable, anything different, we certainly ask them to make contact with police," he told Nine News on Wednesday morning.
Police and forensic teams were expected to reman at the crime scene for a number of days.
Neighbours have said a woman and her adult son lived at the home and police were trying to establish if they were among the victims.
Rowena Ostrofski heard what sounded like something heavy being dropped on the ground, large enough to vibrate the floor.
“I hear glass breaking so I went to the kitchen and check it,” Ms Ostrofski said.
“Then I hear a woman’s voice saying ‘help, help' and then I look at the bigger window and I saw the smoke on the roof.”
Luke Demnar tried to rush into the house to look for survivors but could not get past the ferocious flames at the front door.
Huge numbers of police were on the scene on Tuesday.
Photo: Jorge Branco/Fairfax Media.“(We) pretty much looked in through the doors. The whole house was just engulfed, there was no way we could get in, at all," he said.
“The only place that wasn’t engulfed in flames was the garage and we had a look through there and everything looked normal. We couldn’t see anyone or anything like that.”
Another man, Nathan Wynne, heard the explosion from his home on neighbouring Lily Street and rushed down to help.
A window was shattered either during the fire or as crews tried to fight it.
Photo: Jorge Branco/Fairfax Media.He said he heard a road bike "just roar away" after the "boom" of the explosions.
Police were investigating the series of reports from neighbours but were yet to find any evidence to corroborate them.
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