Residents have been forced to evacuate a Gold Coast block of flats after a fire broke out on a balcony.
Emergency services rushed to the Pacific Keys Central building on Hooker Boulevard in Mermaid Waters just after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
A Queensland Fire Service spokesman told the Daily Mail the fire started on a seventh-floor balcony and was contained to one room.
Two people – a man in his 30s and a woman in her 80s – were assessed by paramedics at the scene for minor smoke inhalation.
The man was taken to Robina Hospital in a stable condition and the woman to the John Flynn Private Hospital in Tugun. They were both in stable condition.
It comes after a witness from a nearby building posted footage on social media showing flames shooting from a block halfway up the tower.
More to come.
Emergency services rushed to the Pacific Keys Central building in Mermaid Waters just after 10am on Tuesday.