Man injured after car bursts into flames in GC unit complex carpark
A man has been taken to hospital with burns to his airways after a car burst into flames on the Gold Coast this morning.
Emergency services raced to Southport around 7.30am after receiving reports a car had caught fire in an underground carpark of a complex on Queen Street.
A man, aged in his late 20s, was treated at the scene for airway burns before being taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
Male late 20s stable to #GoldCoast Uni Hospital w/ minor airway burns after a car fire in a basement car park at Queen St, #Southport.
— Queensland Ambulance (@QldAmbulance) November 17, 2016
The unit block was evacuated as a result of the fire and emergency crews remain at the scene.
It is not yet known what caused the blaze.
Unit block at #Southport evacuated after car in underground carpark burst into flames. @9NewsGoldCoast pic.twitter.com/5wuoL5eu8q
— Hayley Webb (@HayleyWebb_9) November 17, 2016
Pest control van has exploded into flames under #Southport unit-block. Residents were trapped by smoke on top levels. @9NewsGoldCoast pic.twitter.com/LldBiNeEmB
— Hayley Webb (@HayleyWebb_9) November 17, 2016
JUST IN: 28 y/o man taken to hospital following a unit fire at Southport. #9News pic.twitter.com/0ZynXlNXnh
— Nine News Gold Coast (@9NewsGoldCoast) November 17, 2016
