Farmer Wants A Wife's Emma Hayes is 'devastated' after her hair salon burnt down in Brisbane

Emma Hayes has revealed she lost her hair salon in a fire that tore through a Brisbane shopping complex in the early hours of Thursday morning.

In a series on posts on social media on Thursday, the 34-year-old former Farmer Wants A Wife star said she was ‘devastated’ and ‘absolutely heartbroken’.   

‘Yes it’s true, my/our salon has burnt down. I’ll be in touch with everyone soon! We need your love!’ she wrote on Facebook.

Destroyed: Emma Hayes has revealed she lost her hair salon in a fire that tore through a Brisbane shopping complex in the early hours of Thursday morning

Emma later thanked her followers for reaching out, and said she’d been left ‘absolutely heartbroken’ by the blaze.

‘We are devastated! I am so grateful to my amazing team and our community! And that no one was hurt,’ she later added. 

‘Thank you for all the kind words and offers of salons to operate in, we need all the help we can get at this time. 

Up in smoke: In a series on posts on social media on Thursday, the 34-year-old former Farmer Wants A Wife star said she was ‘devastated’ and ‘absolutely heartbroken’

‘Yes it’s true, my/our salon has burnt down. I’ll be in touch with everyone soon! We need your love!’ she wrote on Facebook

‘Even though this is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to face as a business owner I know we will be okay!’

Sharing a series of photos and videos from the devastating fire, Emma revealed the blaze had started at around 4.34am, calling it ‘a day I’ll never forget’.    

‘Words will never explain how I feel, these pics are from my accountant who was on the way to his office. Corey, I don’t know what I would do without you. I don’t think I would believe anyone else if they called me with that news,’ she captioned the post.

‘We are devastated! I am so grateful to my amazing team and our community! And that no one was hurt,’ she later added

‘Thank you for all the kind words and offers of salons to operate in, we need all the help we can get at this time,’ she wrote on Facebook

‘He was the first to call me, I was at Ronald McDonald house for the night looking after one of my darling friend’s little boy, while she was in the children’s hospital with her baby girl who is receiving chemotherapy. 

‘In perspective a building can be rebuilt. I feel extremely sad and I can’t stop shaking but I know with all of my people I’ll be okay!’

According to a report by The Courier Mail on Thursday, at least 10 businesses were ‘heavily damaged’ in the fire.

Going up in flames: Sharing a series of photos and videos from the devastating fire, Emma revealed the blaze had started at around 4.34am, calling it ‘a day I’ll never forget’

The blaze broke out at a nearby Chemist Warehouse at around 4.25am, with 23 fire crews rushing to the scene on Old Cleveland Road in Capalaba.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said the fire had spread through the shopping complex’s ‘connected roofing’ and was extinguished by 8.30am. 

Emma – who appeared on last year’s season of FWAW – had only revealed five days earlier that she was in the process of ‘building my dream salon’. 

‘Even though this is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to face as a business owner I know we will be okay!’ she wrote on Facebook

‘We’ve been bursting to share this news with you and the day has finally arrived! C’ba is getting a GLOW UP!’ she wrote on Instagram on Sunday. 

‘A seven-year dream in the making, we’re finally kicking off our biggest project to date – our BRAND NEW SALON in Capalaba! Wooo! Our new space is undergoing a total transformation so you can experience C’ba like never before! 

‘We can’t wait to bring you along for this exciting new journey and share more details with you about our new salon and end of year opening celebrations in true C’ba style!’  

Fresh start: Emma – who appeared on last year’s season of FWAW (pictured) – had only revealed five days earlier that she was in the process of ‘building my dream salon’