An elderly woman has died and a man has been seriously injured after a fire broke out in a Toowoomba unit complex early this morning.
Emergency services were called to the scene on Gordon Avenue in Newtown, at 3.30am and the apartment was well alight.
A 72-year-old man was inside but escaped the blaze and was taken to Toowoomba Hospital in a serious condition with burns and smoke inhalation.
