Cause of Deadly Queensland Fire Under ‘Close Scrutiny’

Cause of Deadly Queensland Fire Under ‘Close Scrutiny’
A supplied screen-grab obtained Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, of Queensland Fire and Emergency crew at the scene of a house fire in Russell Island, Queensland. Six members of the one family, including five children, are feared dead after a fire broke out in a home on an island off the coast of Brisbane. AAP Image/Nine News
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A house fire that killed a man and five young boys near Brisbane is being treated as potentially suspicious, with police looking into key events that led up to the blaze.

Investigators have begun removing bodies from the charred wreckage of the Russell Island home, in which 34-year-old Wayne Godinet and his five sons perished early on Sunday.