Sunrise host Natalie Barr has broken down after the parents of Melbourne teens Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles returned home with their bodies.

The bodies of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, two best friends who died of methanol poisoning in South-East Asia, have returned home to Australia.

Laos police have detained eight staff and managers of the hostel where Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles were staying when they fell ill. A third Australian is also recovering from suspected poisoning.

Following the news of her tragic passing, the owner of Frank’s, a Melbourne café where Bowles had worked for more than two years while saving up for her adventure of a lifetime with Jones, paid tribute to the young woman they had “taken under their wing”.

A football team in Melbourne's south was holding a vigil for two of its players who were poisoned overseas, when news of Ms Bowles death arrived.

Yellow and blue ribbons are being tied around Beaumaris in memory of the teen, who died in a suspected methanol poisoning incident in Laos.

A second Australian teenager, Holly Bowles, has tragically passed away due to suspected methanol poisoning in Laos.

Melbourne teen Holly Bowles has died in Bangkok Hospital from suspected methanol poisoning, one day after her friend Bianca Jones died in the same mass drink-spiking incident.

A second Melbourne teenager has died following a mass methanol poisoning incident in Laos, bringing the confirmed death toll to six. The owner of a backpacker hostel where two young Australians were staying before they fell violently ill from methanol poisoning has been detained by police for questioning in Laos.

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to reports from the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Tourists reported illnesses after consuming alcohol in the town of Vang Vieng,