A young family whose home has been destroyed in the bushfire at Cooroibah on Queensland's Sunshine Coast have vowed to rebuild in the wake of losing everything.

Key points: Holly Kemp was home alone with her two-year-old daughter when the fire forced them to flee

Holly Kemp was home alone with her two-year-old daughter when the fire forced them to flee David Kemp says he is still coming to terms with the destruction of his home that he bought four years ago

David Kemp says he is still coming to terms with the destruction of his home that he bought four years ago Mr Kemp has thanked firefighters for saving his family

David and Holly Kemp finished renovating their "forever" home less than a week before damaging bushfires flared up and destroyed their entire property on Friday.

Ms Kemp was home alone with her two-year-old daughter Ruby when the flames forced them to flee with very little time to spare.

"[We] saw some smoke over in the distance and it just came so quick, and before we knew it there was just a big wall of fire right out the front," she said.

"We were in the car and evacuating and embers [were] going around us, and it was really terrifying and scary. Little Ruby was saying 'Mummy I don't want it to be dark anymore'."

Many Sunshine Coast residents who were evacuated were still on high alert but permitted to return home on Sunday.

The Kemp family had insurance assessors at their home, but were yet to find anything at the property that could be salvaged.

Melted barbeque and charred rear deck and back yard area of the Kemp's bushfire-destroyed home. ( ABC News: Tara Cassidy )

Mr Kemp said he was still coming to terms with his home, which he purchased four years ago, being reduced to ashes.

"I think it's probably gone from shock to disbelief, to I guess the reality of this is our first day where we've actually spent a bit of time here," he said.

"[We can] rebuild the house and make another home, but [I] don't know what would have happened if we lost the family.

"We'd literally just finished one of the renovations last week and it was to the point where we both said 'we don't have to do anything for a while now' — we were happy."

The couple described the Cooroibah home as their dream or forever home.

"When we first saw it … we just walked in and we were just 'ah, this is it, this is our forever home' — we loved it and we'd done a few little things to the place to make it more ours," Ms Kemp said.

Debris from the fire in the Kemp's pool. ( ABC News: Tara Cassidy )

'We're all safe and still together'

Paintings the pair purchased on their honeymoon, as well as family heirlooms, were among items lost in the blaze.

"They're things I guess, and the main thing is that we're all safe and still together," Ms Kemp said.

"I'm sure there'll be things that, as time goes on that we'll go, 'I miss that' or 'oh yeah, we lost that'."

The couple agreed the most difficult thing had been trying to explain what had happened to their two-year-old daughter.

"She's just been saying 'I want to go back to my home now'. It's been really hard to sort of say 'look, we can't actually go home yet' and trying to explain that," Mr Kemp said.

The couple are yet to find anything at the property that could be salvaged. ( ABC News: Tara Cassidy )

For now, the couple are in temporary accommodation in Noosaville and said they had been overwhelmed by support from the local community.

The couple also praised the efforts of firefighters who did what they could to protect their property.

Mr Kemp was not home at the time of the blaze and thanked firefighters for saving his family.

"If it wasn't for the firefighters I don't think we'd be standing on the front deck, I think it'd all be ashes," Mr Kemp said.

"The whole emergency services, the council, have been amazing, and all the support groups.

"We definitely don't feel alone through this — it's been very heartwarming to know that there are people out there that care."