Threat Eases But Fire Still Burning
The fire emergency in the Teelah area eased further on Wednesday, with the Queensland Fire Department’s alert level dropping to “STAY INFORMED” in the early evening.
The fire emergency in the Teelah area eased further on Wednesday, with the Queensland Fire Department’s alert level dropping to “STAY INFORMED” in the early evening.
The fire alert in Teelah was lowered to “STAY PREPARED” at 6:26pm on Tuesday evening after a day of high drama in the rural locality north of Blackbutt.
The Queensland Fire Department issued a “STAY PREPARED” warning at 6:01pm on Monday for a bushfire burning in the Teelah area.
Despite a very hectic weekend battling potentially serious bushfires around the region, rural and urban firefighters crews had to go right back into action on Monday with several new blazes breaking out.
A 40-year-old Teelah man has been charged with unlawful wounding after a man was allegedly stabbed in the neck at Blackbutt North on Thursday.
Police are investigating a fire which destroyed a house in a rural residential area north of Blackbutt late on Friday night.
Powerlink has released the final Corridor Selection Report for the southern section of the transmission line route for the proposed Borumba Dam Pumped Hydro project.
A man has been flown to hospital with serious leg injuries after being pinned under a heavy roller at Teelah on Sunday.
A fire that began on Saturday afternoon at Teelah, near Blackbutt, was still keeping fire crews busy on Sunday evening
A 50-year-old Teelah man died in a motorcycle crash west of Blackbutt on Friday night.
The Teelah bushfire – which looked to have been finally extinguished – is causing more headaches for local fire crews.
A large fire burning along a valley north of Blackbutt prompted a “watch and act” alert from Queensland Fire and Emergency Services this afternoon, meaning there was a real risk that property could be lost.
Ten fire crews are on the scene of a grass fire burning near Stretton Drive in Teelah, north of Blackbutt.