The families of teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles have been "blown away" by the support of the public after their fundraising goal was surpassed overnight.

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.

Laos police have arrested the owner, manager and six staff members of the Laotian hostel at the centre of a spate of fatal ­methanol poisonings as the ­grieving parents of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles brought their daughters’ bodies back to ­Australia.

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.

The father of Melbourne 19-year-old Holly Bowles says his daughter remains on life support, as Holly and her friend Bianca Jones fight for their lives after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos while on a backpacking holiday.

The Laotian government has promised to bring perpetrators to justice after a mass poisoning that has killed six tourists including two Australians.

Bodies of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles brought home as Laos police arrest eight people over suspected methanol poisoning.