Toilet Block Damaged
Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire reported in a toilet block in Yarraman on Monday night.
Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire reported in a toilet block in Yarraman on Monday night.
Fire crews faced a massive task when an apparently unoccupied building in Murgon erupted into flames on Monday evening.
Smoke warnings were still in place on Tuesday afternoon for three fires which were burning on Monday around the South Burnett region.
Two rural firefighters have suffered burns while fighting a grassfire near Maidenwell on Thursday afternoon.
The South Burnett had a head start on this year’s Rural Fire Service Week activities, holding a special awards ceremony for local firefighters last Saturday at the Kingaroy RSL Club.
The Queensland Fire Department issued a Stay Informed alert on Tuesday afternoon for a bushfire burning in the Coverty area.
South Burnett Regional Council is urging landholders to prepare now for the 2024-25 bushfire season.
A woman, aged in her 30s, was taken to Kingaroy Hospital with lacerations to her foot after a house fire at East Nanango in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Smoke billowed from a fire which badly damaged a house in Gipps Street, Nanango, on Monday morning.
A two-storey home at South Nanango partially collapsed while firefighters were battling the blaze on Saturday night.
Firefighters sprung into action on Thursday afternoon after an overturned vehicle was set on fire within metres of houses in Cherbourg.
Piles of burning rubbish sent a large plume of smoke into the air near Cherbourg late on Sunday afternoon.
A vehicle on fire in a backyard of a house in Bell Street, Cherbourg, sparked an alarm on Easter Sunday night.
A bus being used as a residence at Booie was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Thursday.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington was the special guest at Nanango Fire Station last Monday night to congratulate local firefighters on their efforts.
Fire investigators have confirmed a blaze which destroyed a shed in South Nanango on Friday morning was accidental.
The Federal and State governments have activated further relief measures for farmers and councils affected by bushfires in southern Queensland.
The local fire ban in the South and North Burnett, Cherbourg and Gympie council areas has been extended to 11:59pm next Monday (November 13).
A man aged in his 50s suffered burns after trying to contain a bushfire at Old Cooranga on Saturday.
A fire burning in a paddock behind Knight Street cast a pall of smoke over Kingaroy on Thursday afternoon.