Home Engulfed In Flames
Two people were taken to Kingaroy Hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation after a home in Kumbia was destroyed by fire on Saturday night.
Two people were taken to Kingaroy Hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation after a home in Kumbia was destroyed by fire on Saturday night.
This year’s bushfire season has the potential to be especially dangerous, according to a university researcher.
Three young teenage boys were taken to hospital after a caravan caught on fire in Wattle Camp on Saturday night.
A mechanical fault has been blamed for a fire which destroyed a ute on Curtis Road in Kingaroy on Saturday night.
A child is in a critical condition and a man suffered serious burns in a fire at Booie on Tuesday night.
The body of a woman was found in a front bedroom after a devastating house fire at Woolooga on Thursday night.
Emergency services were called to reports a bus was on fire in a caravan park at South Nanango on Wednesday evening.
The cause of a fire which destroyed a converted bus in Yarraman is still officially unknown.
Three fire crews were called to a suspected house fire in Kingaroy on Monday night.
A large grass fire at Brooklands forced the closure of Kingaroy-Cooyar Road for several hours on Friday because of smoke affecting visibility.
A house was badly damaged by fire at Memerambi on Thursday night.
A large fire burning in thick scrub at Boondooma required teams of firefighters, a grader and a bulldozer to bring under control on Sunday night.
Local firefighters are begging Burnett residents to take extra care over the next two days with risky fire weather predicted.
Twenty fire crews – a mix of urban and rural units – were called to a large paddock fire at Booie on Sunday night.
South Burnett firefighters were kept busy in very hot weather over the weekend, called to a string of local incidents.
Rural fire brigades have been invited to apply for grants of up to $5000 from the Rural Fire Brigades Association of Queensland.
A blaze has badly damaged a section of the upper storey of the vacant Broadway Hotel in Kingaroy.
A fire ban has been reimposed in six local council areas – including Somerset – from 1:00am on Sunday (November 20).
A fire ban will be in force in six local council areas – including Somerset – from midnight on Tuesday (November).
The efforts of McEuen Rural Fire Brigade volunteer Nathan Lloyd have been recognised as part of this year’s Rural Fire Service Week (July 31-August 6).