A heartbroken community is rallying around two families after a woman and two children died in a horrific house fire.

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The bodies were discovered in the charred remains of a two storey Gladstone home in central Queensland that partially collapsed after being engulfed in flames early on Wednesday.

Gladstone Mayor Matt Burnett confirmed the victims were a woman and two children after meeting with some of the devastated relatives.

"There's two families involved here, and my heart breaks for them all," he told AAP.

"It's just a terrible time, part

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