Queensland police launch investigation, saying they are keeping an ‘open mind’ over fatal blaze
“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.Another neighbour said he arrived quickly, but the fire was already so fierce there was little he could do.Beneath a tree outside, people left bunches of flowers for Wayne Godinet, 34, and his sons: Zack, 11, Harry, 10, 4-year-old twins Kyza and Koah, and Nicky, 3.
The fire has shaken the isolated community, whose residents are a mix of long-term islanders and those who have come over on the ferry in search of refuge or cheap housing.Det Supt Andrew Massingham held a press conference on Monday morning, announcing 25 detectives had been tasked to investigate and that police were keeping an “open mind”.‘There was black smoke everywhere,’ says Brad Groat, a neighbour who saw the flames take hold.
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