The father of two infants killed in a fatal house fire that claimed four lives was undergoing treatment for cancer when he learned his babies were dead.

Jake Symons, 21, has been barely able to speak since being told his two children - Maddison, 20 months, and Desmond, five months - were killed in a fire that engulfed the family home on Thursday.

Family friend Mathew Chilly, 36, and a teenager who has not yet been identified, also died in the Central Queensland fire.

The devastated father posted emotional and loving tributes to his children, begging forgiveness for failing to be by their side.

"Dad's best little mate," Mr Symons wrote.

"I had so many things I wanted to show u and watch u grow. We'll have that vb and kick the footy around in the next life - won't be long."

He describe

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