November 8, 2016
UPDATE: South Burnett Regional Council announced on Facebook about 5:00pm the exclusion zone has been lifted and all traffic conditions are back to normal.
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Earlier: An exclusion zone is being reinstated around the Swickers fire site.
South Burnett Regional Council announced on Tuesday afternoon that Swickers would begin to decant the remaining ammonia from the tanks on site.
As a precautionary measure, Queensland Fire and Safety and Queensland Police would reinstate a 500m exclusion zone while the decanting is being carried out.
The exclusion zone extends from Kingaroy-Barkers Creek Road between Redmans Road and Murphy Street, and Tessmanns Road between Kingaroy-Barkers Creek Road and Doonkuna Street, Kingaroy.
These roads will be closed until further notice.
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