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| At least two people are fighting for their lives after a cafe explosion that injured 21 people in Queensland’s far north. | At least two people are fighting for their lives after a cafe explosion that injured 21 people in Queensland’s far north. |
| A 37-year-old woman suffered burns to 80% of her body when a ute ploughed into gas bottles at the Serves You Right Cafe at Ravenshoe, southwest of Cairns, on Tuesday. | A 37-year-old woman suffered burns to 80% of her body when a ute ploughed into gas bottles at the Serves You Right Cafe at Ravenshoe, southwest of Cairns, on Tuesday. |
| The ute hit gas bottles outside the cafe, causing a blast so powerful it blew out the eatery’s front windows and left the property gutted. | The ute hit gas bottles outside the cafe, causing a blast so powerful it blew out the eatery’s front windows and left the property gutted. |
| Related: Ravenshoe gas explosion: 20 hospitalised after car crashes into cafe near Cairns | Related: Ravenshoe gas explosion: 20 hospitalised after car crashes into cafe near Cairns |
| A 56-year-old man also suffered severe burns. He is in a critical condition and is expected to be flown to the Royal Brisbane Hospital’s burns unit on Wednesday. | A 56-year-old man also suffered severe burns. He is in a critical condition and is expected to be flown to the Royal Brisbane Hospital’s burns unit on Wednesday. |
| Others injured include two firefighters who were getting lunch when the blast occurred. One has burns to half his body, the other to 20% of his body. | Others injured include two firefighters who were getting lunch when the blast occurred. One has burns to half his body, the other to 20% of his body. |
| Queensland emergency services minister Jo-Ann Miller will visit the scene on Wednesday, along with local MP Shane Knuth. | Queensland emergency services minister Jo-Ann Miller will visit the scene on Wednesday, along with local MP Shane Knuth. |
| “Obviously we’re all shattered, we’re all hurt by it,” Knuth told the ABC. | “Obviously we’re all shattered, we’re all hurt by it,” Knuth told the ABC. |
| Police remain at the scene as investigations continue into the incident, which Tablelands Regional Council mayor Rosa Lee Long said had left the town in shock. | |
| “Ravenshoe being a small community, everybody knows everybody,” she told the ABC. “Even the fellow driving the vehicle that crashed into the gas bottle was a local fellow as well.” | |
| A total of 14 victims are being treated in the Cairns, Atherton and Innisfail hospitals, and they range in age from 15 to 82. | A total of 14 victims are being treated in the Cairns, Atherton and Innisfail hospitals, and they range in age from 15 to 82. |
| Of the 14, two are in serious condition. Both are women, aged 52 and 82. The other 12 patients are listed as stable. | Of the 14, two are in serious condition. Both are women, aged 52 and 82. The other 12 patients are listed as stable. |
| Some of the 14 will be transferred on Wednesday to specialist burns units in Brisbane, the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service said. | Some of the 14 will be transferred on Wednesday to specialist burns units in Brisbane, the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service said. |
| “Extra resources have been deployed to our regional facilities and social work support has been made available at Cairns and Atherton hospitals,” the service said. | “Extra resources have been deployed to our regional facilities and social work support has been made available at Cairns and Atherton hospitals,” the service said. |
| Police said the blast site remained under police guard, with forensic crash and fire investigators to return there on Wednesday. | Police said the blast site remained under police guard, with forensic crash and fire investigators to return there on Wednesday. |