{"id":812620,"date":"2026-07-20T17:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/812620\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:09:22","slug":"young-mother-killed-in-devastating-sunshine-coast-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/812620\/","title":{"rendered":"Young mother killed in devastating Sunshine Coast blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A young mother who was killed in a devastating house fire has been remembered as vibrant and kind, with beautiful soul.<\/p>\n<p>Isabella Nicholls, 21, died in hospital in the aftermath of a blaze in a unit on Queensland\u2019s Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to an address on King Street in Buderim about 7.30pm on Sunday, where they found one of the units engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Nicholls, who was inside the property at the time, managed to escape the flames and was rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>But police confirmed on Monday that after being treated at the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital for serious burns, she died as a result of her injuries.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday evening, a fundraising page was set up in her memory and to support her grieving family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the incredible efforts of the medical team, our precious girl passed away surrounded by loving family,\u201d the page read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsabella was a devoted and loving mother to her beautiful boy &#8230; who will now grow up without his mummy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was also a much-loved daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin and friend. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur family is absolutely shattered by this unimaginable loss and the heartbreak is beyond words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The devastating blaze saw several neighbours evacuated from their homes, with police appealing for any witnesses to come forward with information.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations are continuing into what caused the fire, which also saw a woman in her 30s assessed by paramedics.<\/p>\n<p>Queensland Police Senior Sergeant Robert Lowry said investigations were at \u201ca very early stage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have declared a crime scene. We\u2019re speaking to people,\u201d he told ABC. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are assisting us with our inquiries and we will continue that process and we\u2019ll probably know more at the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scene was quite confronting for all emergency services that attended and support is being provided.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also feel for the family of the deceased lady and I understand the family is also receiving support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young mother who was killed in a devastating house fire has been remembered as vibrant and kind,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[376749,387480,387490,355409,387482,377647,387528,387491,387511,387518,387505,387506,380260,387488,376610,387495,387524,2655,387527,387525,387502,64,63,387517,387510,387507,387484,190861,2582,387486,106083,387489,387499,387513,387520,387501,387500,4082,387512,387516,42299,57142,387494,387485,13052,44,187436,192914,298784,387508,387504,387521,387519,1861,1158,701,387493,387522,114514,32897,8825,22410,386763,387503,379738,387496,387515,215379,184867,387514,387509,387492,387526,387481,387498,376787,387497,376817,376539,387487,377602,387523,387530,12632,73167,387529,387483],"class_list":["post-812620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-s-hospital","tag-s-sunshine-coast-emergency-services","tag-a-very-early-stage","tag-355409","tag-7-30pm","tag-a-blaze","tag-a-crime-scene","tag-a-devastating-house-fire","tag-a-devoted-and-loving-mother","tag-a-devoted-mother","tag-a-fundraising-page","tag-a-much-loved-daughter","tag-a-result","tag-a-unit","tag-a-woman","tag-a-young-mother","tag-a-young-woman","tag-abc","tag-all-emergency-services","tag-an-address","tag-any-witnesses","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-beautiful-soul","tag-buderim","tag-cousin-and-friend","tag-devastating-sunshine-coast-unit-fire","tag-evening","tag-family","tag-flames-ms","tag-granddaughter","tag-her-30s","tag-her-beautiful-boy","tag-her-grieving-family","tag-her-injuries-on","tag-her-memory","tag-his-mummy","tag-hospital","tag-hospital-but","tag-information-investigations","tag-investigations","tag-isabella","tag-isabella-nicholls","tag-king-street","tag-monday","tag-news","tag-newswire-news","tag-nicholls","tag-niece","tag-our-family","tag-our-inquiries","tag-our-precious-girl","tag-paramedics-queensland-police-senior-sergeant-robert-lowry","tag-people","tag-police","tag-queensland","tag-serious-burns","tag-several-neighbours","tag-shattered","tag-sister","tag-sunday","tag-support","tag-that-process","tag-the-aftermath","tag-the-day","tag-the-deceased-lady","tag-the-devastating-blaze","tag-the-end","tag-the-family","tag-the-fire","tag-the-flames","tag-the-heartbreak","tag-the-incredible-efforts","tag-the-medical-team","tag-the-page","tag-the-property","tag-the-royal-brisbane-and","tag-the-scene","tag-the-time","tag-the-units","tag-their-homes","tag-this-unimaginable-loss","tag-unit-blaze","tag-women","tag-words","tag-young-mother","tag-young-mum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}