The man was freed at 2.44pm and rushed by Queensland Ambulance Service crews to Gold Coast University hospital with head, hip ...

The Queensland Fire Department (QFD) were called to Pacific Pde and George St in Bilinga at 9.10am after a Gold Coast City Council rubbish truck tipped a burning load of refuse onto the street.

Chopper7 was over the scene showing the scale of the large firefighter response. Fire trucks and ambulances lined State Street from Oak to Cedar streets as firefighters worked to secure the building.