Local Fire Bans Extended
QFES has extended fire bans in the South and North Burnett, Cherbourg, Gympie and Toowoomba council areas.
QFES has extended fire bans in the South and North Burnett, Cherbourg, Gympie and Toowoomba council areas.
Three QFES crews are at a fire burning near Franks Road and Cameron Road, Taromeo.
Local fire bans have been extended again due to the ongoing weather patterns.
The large bushfire burning in the Linville area was being monitored by fire crews on Wednesday afternoon.
An off-duty Murgon ambulance paramedic is being hailed a hero after saving two people and their pets from a house fire in Toowoomba on Tuesday afternoon.
On Tuesday afternoon, there were still several bushfires burning around the region.
Police have set up a taskforce in a bid to prevent, disrupt and investigate suspicious fires across Queensland.
Police are investigating three fires which broke out along the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail late on Saturday evening.
Waterbombers are expected to be in action again on Monday targeting a bushfire burning in the Linville area.
Fire crews are monitoring a fire burning in the Goodger / Brooklands area which broke out on Friday.
Fire crews were called to a grass fire in a paddock alongside the Bunya Highway near Murgon on Sunday night
Firefighters continued to battle blazes throughout the region on Sunday, with strong, dry winds making conditions difficult.
A serious bushfire burning in the Linville area has been contained
Fifteen fire crews were called to a large grass fire which broke out alongside Kingaroy-Cooyar Road at Goodger on Friday afternoon
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a Fire Weather Warning on Thursday afternoon for the Wide Bay Burnett forecast district.
The Windera fire is now burning within containment lines and will continue to be monitored.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services have imposed a local fire ban for residents in the South Burnett, Cherbourg, Gympie, North Burnett, Toowoomba and Western Downs council areas.
Firefighters were called to two vegetation fires burning in the South Burnett on Monday.
A local fire ban is in place until midnight on Friday (August 30) in the South Burnett and North Burnett council areas due to the high risk of fires starting in the current conditions.
Fire crews rushed to Sakina’s Food in Wondai just after noon on Monday after reports smoke had been seen coming from the building.