(Photo: Grant Newson)
October 8, 2013
Firefighters were kept busy throughout the South Burnett on Monday with a number of grass fires posing a danger in the hot and windy conditions.
Vehicles, machinery and a load of timber were destroyed by fire on a property at Buttsworth Road, Goodger, on Monday afternoon.
Seventeen fire crews, including rural and urban crews, were called to the fire at 4:15pm and found several pieces of machinery already alight.
The blaze, which was creating a large amount of smoke, was also burning close to a house and a shed.
The fire crews contained the fire by 5:10pm. The house and shed were protected but several pieces of machinery were destroyed.
At Booie, 15 fire crews attended a grass fire in Faulkners Road which was reported about 4:45pm on Monday.
The fire was burning near a house but there was no immediate threat and was extinguished.
Earlier in the day, firefighters were called to Harris Road and Silky Oak Drive in Kingaroy to put out a small grass fire at the foot of a power pole.
An emergency services spokesman said this fire is believed to have started from a spark from a transformer.
And last night at Cooyar, a burning rubbish dump on The Palms Road sparked a grass fire about 8:30pm.
Five rural crews attended and the fire was extinguished by 10:00pm.
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