The Goodger Wetlands – already under a cloud because of the proposed Moreton Resources’ coal mine – has been included in a list of sites to be targeted during this year’s South Burnett Regional Council winter controlled burns.
The cause of a fire which gutted a home in Greenview Road, Wondai, on Wednesday afternoon is not being treated as suspicious.
A large grass fire broke out at Glan Devon on Thursday in an area surrounded by residential properties
Property owners in the South Burnett have been invited to attend a free fire management workshop to be held at the Rural Fire Service Area Office in Kingaroy on March 22.
Rural and urban fire crews were called out just after 11:00pm on Sunday to deal with a grass fire at Ironpot.
A man was taken to hospital after a house fire in Muller Street, Tingoora, on Tuesday morning.
Nine fire crews were called to a vegetation fire burning near Chinchilla-Wondai Road at Ballogie on Monday afternoon.
Firefighters have blamed an arsonist for a blaze which has temporarily closed the Goodger Wetland Reserve to the public.
UPDATE 3:45pm: The fire has been extinguished and there no longer is smoke affecting the area.
A large, fast-moving fire is burning three to four kilometres east of Fernvale.
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned Wide Bay and Burnett residents that a severe fire danger is forecast for Thursday (November 24).
Is the South Burnett ready for another long, hot bushfire season? It looks to have started already … the fire danger rating for the rest of this week is either “high” or “very high”, and there’s no reason to think it’s going to ease anytime soon.
There are now 20 fire crews working to contain the large bushfire burning in the forestry area between Cherbourg and Wondai
An old-style timber home in the Haly Creek / Goodger area was destroyed by fire on Sunday evening.
Multiple fire crews have been called to a vegetation fire burning in the Wondai State Forest.
Swickers workers will begin travelling from Kingaroy to Ipswich on Monday.
A fire that broke out at an Ergon Energy substation in Kilkivan on Thursday afternoon is still burning, but has not affected the electricity supply to nearby residents.
Fire crews were called back to two grass fires which flared up on Thursday morning.
The Rural Fire Service is warning South and North Burnett residents to stay “ready and alert” with dangerous fire conditions predicted over the next few days.
A lightning strike has been blamed for starting a grass fire at Booie on Tuesday evening
