Elderly man dies in house fire Sydney Morning Herald An 87-year-old man has died after his Darling Downs home was destroyed by fire on Monday night. Emergency crews arrived at the man's King Street home in the town of Goombungee to discover it well alight about 10.30pm. They were unable to get into the ... AN elderly man has died in a house fire near Toowoomba. Fatal house fire in Qld's southeast Second World War veteran dies in Remembrance Day blaze |