<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A lunchtime barbecue has gone disastrously wrong for a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/brisbane" rel="" target="" title="Brisbane"><span>Brisbane</span></a><span> family with their two-storey house going up in flames this afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Queensland Fire and Rescue's John Longmire said it's believed the fire started from a barbecue that had been left on.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The home was gutted in the blaze that took hold in seconds in Sherwood in the city's south-west about 1.30pm.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/spain-readies-for-evacuations-as-a-hantavirushit-cruise-ship-heads-for-the-canary-islands/627566b8-40f1-4c67-b568-4bbb9bdf66a2"><strong><span>Australia readies to repatriate citizens aboard virus-plagued cruise ship</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fire spread across both storeys of the house.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Neighbour Sophia David said they rushed outside.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There was already people screaming 'fire, fire' and our neighbours said they heard a couple of explosions as well," she said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-barbecue-house-fire-sherwood-blaze/03092e11-94b0-47e4-a9bf-f15eaec6444b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was all unfolding very quickly."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The family that lives at the home were already outside when the fire broke out on the balcony.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-budget-2026-negative-gearing-changes-what-is-it-everything-you-need-to-know/c37e11e6-9cdb-4420-b3fc-fcf908df8d67"><strong><span>Why you should care about negative gearing</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Firefighters had the blaze under control within an hour and also rescued a cat.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The house is completely gutted," Longmire said.</span></div></div>