NEIGHBOURS have told of hearing a horrifyingly explosion and screams before fire destroyed a Toowoomba home overnight.
The home on Navajo St, Wilsonton, was enfulfed by flames about 5.30pm when it is believed a water heater system exploded.
The force of the blast threw the heater metres across the lounge room, blew the security door off the home and left the mother and one of her children with minor burns.
Another two children escaped unharmed.
Neighbour Malcolm Hoyes said he was gardening when he heard the explosion and rushed to help.
"It was pretty much like a bomb had gone off," he said.
"I saw the house afterwards ... if they had of been in that lounge they wouldn't be here today."
The mother suffered burns to her feet while her seven-year-old son suffered burns to his chest and airways, with both taken to Toowoomba Hospital for treatment.
"Fortunately the injuries were minor," eyewitness Mr Hoyes said.
"But was traumatising, definitely."
The family of five had been renting the home at the time.
The father is believed to have been in Perth when the explosion happened but returned to Brisbane after hearing the news.
It was unknown if the family's cat survived.
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