Thorneside fire: Stephanie Ryan, 31, and Raven Contini, 8, identified as victims of Brisbane townhouse blaze

A woman and an eight-year-old girl who died in a tragic housefire in Brisbane at the weekend have been identified.

Stephanie Ryan, 31, was babysitting Raven Contini, 8, when the home in Brisbane’s east caught fire.

Firefighters and emergency services were called to the Bayside Court property in Thorneside on Sunday morning. A Queensland Police spokesperson said flames had engulfed the house by the time emergency services arrived.

They found the body of eight-year-old Raven after the fire was extinguished. On Monday afternoon, the spokesperson confirmed they had also found the 31-year-old woman’s body.

Friends and family have begun laying flowers at the entrance to the unit. Stephanie was a friend of the Contini family visiting from Alice Springs and was babysitting Raven while her parents were in northern NSW for a night, according to 7NEWS.

“She was a loveable child,” her grandmother Thelma Cowell told 7NEWS.

“She only just came up on holidays and she’d only been up three days.”

Jo Pettigrew, Raven’s great aunt, told 7NEWS her niece always had a smile on her face.

“Such a bright and bubbly little girl,” she said.

The police spokesperson said investigators were still trying to piece together how the fire started.

Detective Inspector Paul Dalton said police had “nothing to say this fire is suspicious in any way, but we will treat it as though it is until we make a determination one way or the other”.

Dalton said a man living in the garage was a family friend who had been “very cooperative”.

He said Raven’s parents were “devastated” by her death.

A post-mortem and scientific examination will take place to fully confirm the identities of the two people who died.

“Police appeal to anyone with information or relevant vision to come forward,” the spokesperson said.

Information about the fire can be reported via Policelink’s suspicious activity form or via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.