Property fire, Gregory River

Police are investigating a fire that destroyed two homes on a property north of Proserpine this afternoon.

Emergency services were called to an address on the Bruce Highway at Gregory River around 2.30 this afternoon and on arrival, two dwellings were engulfed in flames.

The blaze was extinguished, but the two houses were completely destroyed and a large area of bush land on the property was also burnt.

Police will guard the scene overnight and specialist police will attend the scene in the morning.

Investigations into the cause of the fire are continuing.

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