February 27, 2023
A large fire burning in thick scrub at Boondooma required teams of firefighters, a grader and a bulldozer to bring under control on Sunday night.
Firefighters were called to the blaze, which began on a property off Jerrards Road, just before 2:00pm.
A QFES spokesperson said eight fire crews and a senior officer were called to the incident.
Initially, the fireground was estimated to be somewhere between 12-14ha, but by 10:30pm this figure had grown to 180ha.
At 7:00pm, fire crews were conducting backburns to protect structures and a grader had been brought in to strengthen containment lines.
A bulldozer cut firebreaks on the south-east side of the fireground, near Mundubbera-Durong Road.
SES volunteers were assisting with traffic control on the main road.
Fire crews continued backburning into the night and returned on Monday morning to continue strengthening containment lines.
The QFES spokesperson said the fire was burning safely within containment lines at 9:45am on Monday, and control had been handed back to the property owner.
On social media, South Burnett councillor Kathy Duff thanked the rural fire crews for their assistance after the blaze spread on to her property, ‘Di Di’.
“Thank you to the amazing volunteers from Ballogie, Coverty, Glencoe, Abbeywood and Mondure brigades. We will be forever indebted to you,” she wrote.
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