September 10, 2017
Firefighters have had another busy few days in the South Burnett, with fires still burning on Sunday evening at Elgin Vale and in the Wondai forestry.
Fires at Wattle Camp and Old Esk Road at Taromeo were under control and being monitored.
Other fires at the weekend were reported at Cherbourg, Murgon, Nanango, South Nanango and Widgee.
Malar-Booie, Wattle Camp and Stuart River rural fire brigades were called back to the Memerambi-Barkers Creek Road / Wattle Camp Road area on Saturday evening to control a fire burning in land adjacent to last week’s large blaze.
Crews conducted backburning late into the night and continued to monitor the area on Sunday to prevent any flare-ups.
The fire burning in the forestry area between Wondai and Cherbourg was still burning on Sunday night, three days after it broke out.
A large fire which started near Lewis Duff Road, Ballogie, on Friday afternoon was no longer causing issues to firefighters by Sunday morning.
Taromeo RFB volunteers, who had been entertaining the crowds at the Blackbutt Avocado Festival, ditched their fancy dress costumes on Saturday afternoon when a fire alert came in from their local area.
At Widgee, firefighters conducted backburning on Saturday to contain a grass fire burning near Boundary Drive and Gympie-Woolooga Road.
(Photo: Malar Booie RFB)
