November 9, 2026 — 8:35am
A woman whose clothes were set alight by a campfire in Brisbane’s south-east is fighting for life in hospital.
The woman, aged in her 40s, was by a fire on Daymar Street in Burbank on Sunday night when her clothes caught on fire about 7.30pm.
She suffered significant burns and was taken in a potentially life-threatening condition to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, where she remained overnight.
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Source: The Age · Dominique Tassell
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