Eight-year-old girl dead and woman missing after Queensland townhouse fire

Police believe woman may have not survived Sunday morning blaze at home in Thorneside, south of Brisbane

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An eight-year-old girl has died and a woman is missing after a townhouse caught fire at Thorneside, south of Brisbane on Sunday.

Queensland police told ABC reporters at the scene that they had a strong belief" that the missing woman had been at the home when the fire took hold, and would not have survived.

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