Teelah Bushfire ‘Contained’
The Teelah fire was burning safely behind containment lines on Thursday morning, despite a minor flare-up on the north-east corner of the incident.
The Teelah fire was burning safely behind containment lines on Thursday morning, despite a minor flare-up on the north-east corner of the incident.
A community meeting for residents affected by the Teelah bushfire will be held at the Blackbutt Memorial Hall from 5:30pm on Wednesday (September 23).
The fire alert in Teelah was lowered to “STAY PREPARED” at 6:26pm on Tuesday evening after a day of high drama in the rural locality north of Blackbutt.
The Queensland Fire Department issued a “STAY PREPARED” warning at 6:01pm on Monday for a bushfire burning in the Teelah area.
Despite a very hectic weekend battling potentially serious bushfires around the region, rural and urban firefighters crews had to go right back into action on Monday with several new blazes breaking out.
Dozens of fire crews – supported by water bombers – were fighting large fires around the region on Saturday afternoon.