Nanango Fires ‘Suspicious”
Two fires which threatened homes and destroyed paddocks in the Nanango area on Thursday may have been deliberately lit.
Two fires which threatened homes and destroyed paddocks in the Nanango area on Thursday may have been deliberately lit.
QFES has issued an alert in regards to a fire which broke out near Moore on Thursday.
QFES has issued an alert about a grass fire on Barker Creek Flat, near Nanango.
Firefighters were continuing to monitor a large fire burning in the Woolooga / Sexton areas on Thursday night.
A large and fast-moving fire which broke out near Toogoolawah early on Thursday afternoon led to the closure of the Brisbane Valley Highway.
Fire crews in the South Burnett were stretched on Thursday with major fires breaking out at Glan Devon and Booie within two hours of each other.
Multiple fire crews were called just before midnight on Sunday to a large grass fire burning near Greenwood Creek Road at East Nanango.
The QFES believes the fire that burned out a large part of the Wooroolin Wetlands on Friday – and which was still smouldering on Monday – may have been deliberately lit.
A fast-moving bushfire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon forced the evacuation of Nanango Hospital as a precautionary measure
Fire crews will continue to monitor a grass fire burning near Memeramb-Gordonbrook Road and Wicks Road, Gordonbrook.
A fire believed to have started in a firepit on the property has damaged a home at Ballogie
Sixteen of the weekend fires in the South Burnett are suspected to have been deliberately lit.
Firefighters responded to more than 290 bushfires across Queensland from 8:00am on Sunday to 8:00am on Monday.
Police have charged a man following an investigation into nine fires lit on vacant land in Kingaroy.
Three unoccupied caravans and a shipping container have been destroyed by a fire burning in the Wutul / East Cooyar region on Sunday.
Fire crews were called on Sunday afternoon to a bushfire which broke out near Hoggs Road at Charlestown
Firefighters are bracing for another challenging period over the coming days, with latest figures showing 114 vegetation fires were reported across the State overnight, Fire and Emergency Services Minister Craig Crawford said on Sunday.
A fire that began on Saturday afternoon at Teelah, near Blackbutt, was still keeping fire crews busy on Sunday evening
The Queensland Fire and Emergency Service has advised that due to heightened fire conditions over the coming days, all Permits to Light Fires have been suspended in South Burnett, North Burnett and Gympie council areas.
Houses came under threat on the outskirts of Kingaroy on Friday afternoon from a fast-moving bushfire which broke out about 2:25pm near Curtis and Schellbachs roads.