September 24, 2025
Heavy machinery was called in to cut firebreaks and water-bombing helicopters despatched to help firefighters tackle a spate of fires around the South Burnett on Wednesday.
Fires were still burning on Wednesday afternoon at Mp Creek and Mt McEuen, west of Wondai, where the two outbreaks were threatening to merge.
At 2:48pm on Wednesday, the Queensland Fire Department issued a STAY INFORMED bushfire advice warning for the Mp Creek fire which was burning between Cushnie State Forest and Fairdale Road.
A second large blaze had also broken out in the Corndale area with smoke affecting residents around Memerambi.
Fire-fighting helicopters were called into both the Mp Creek / Mt McEuen and Corndale blazes.
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It’s been a very busy Wednesday for local fire crews:
- CORNDALE – Childs Road – Fire crews have been on site since about noon; at 5:00pm, seven crews were at the scene and a QFD spokesperson said the fire was tracking northwards
- EAST NANANGO – East Nanango-Grindstone Road – began about 4:00pm; one crew on site
- MOUNT BINGA – Cooyar-Mt Binga Road – At 5:00pm, one crew on site
- MP CREEK – Mp Creek Road – At 5:00pm, five crews on site
- MT McEUEN – Mt McEuen Road – at 5:00pm, two crews on site
- NANANGO – D’Aguilar Highway – Began just before 3:00pm; at 5:00pm, three crews were on site
- TAROMEO – Harper Road – Began about 12:30pm; at 5:00pm, eight crews were on site
Other fires reported in the local region on Wednesday were at Back Creek Road at Speedwell; near Harlin; in the Ban Ban Springs area near Brian Pastures Road; between Mount Victor Road and Upper Widgee Road at Widgee; between Staib Road and Brooweena-Wooloooga Road at Woolooga; and at Cotter Road, Widgee.
The fire in the Wondai Forestry was also still burning and sections of Wrattens National Park had been closed to the public due to fires.
