{"id":177433,"date":"2017-05-08T10:27:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T00:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=177433"},"modified":"2020-09-17T14:41:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T04:41:33","slug":"grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/08\/grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Grass Fire In Kingaroy Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_177436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177436\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-177436\" title=\"20170506 Earle Park Fire\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters backburned an area around the fire to ensure the safety of nearby buildings <br \/>(Photo:\u00a0Harmonie Baxter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 8, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three fire crews were called to Earle Park in Kingaroy on Saturday afternoon to control a grass fire burning at the rear of homes.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was burning between Parkside Drive, Windsor Circle and Alford Street in an area that local residents call &#8220;Palm Island&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A fire brigade spokesman said the units were called at 2:35pm.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters found a \u00a0thick pile of grass burning which was impossible to fully extinguish.<\/p>\n<p>They backburned an area around the pile to make the area safe while the pile was left to smoulder.<\/p>\n<p>They returned later to check on the area.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_177435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177435\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-177435\" title=\"20170506 Earle Park Fire\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flames rise from behind &#8220;Palm Island&#8221; (Photo:\u00a0Harmonie Baxter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_177434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177434\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-177434\" title=\"20170506 Earle Park Fire\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire4-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters used drip torches to blacken out an area around the fire\u00a0(Photo:\u00a0Harmonie Baxter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_177437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177437\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-177437\" title=\"20170506 Earle Park Fire\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire3-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The grass fire was close to houses and sheds\u00a0(Photo:\u00a0Harmonie Baxter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three fire crews were called to Earle Park in Kingaroy on Saturday afternoon to control a grass fire burning at the rear of homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":177436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[90,1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grass Fire In Kingaroy Park - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three fire crews were called to Earle Park in Kingaroy on Saturday afternoon to control a grass fire burning at the rear of homes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/08\/grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grass Fire In Kingaroy Park - southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Three fire crews were called to Earle Park in Kingaroy on Saturday afternoon to control a grass fire burning at the rear of homes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/08\/grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-08T00:27:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-17T04:41:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"385\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anne Miller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/08\/grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/08\/grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park\/\",\"name\":\"Grass Fire In Kingaroy Park - southburnett.com.au\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-08T00:27:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-17T04:41:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae\"},\"description\":\"Three fire crews were called to Earle Park in Kingaroy on Saturday afternoon to control a grass fire burning at the rear of homes.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/08\/grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/\",\"name\":\"southburnett.com.au\",\"description\":\"Kingaroy and South Burnett News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae\",\"name\":\"Anne Miller\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/author\/anne-miller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Grass Fire In Kingaroy Park - southburnett.com.au","description":"Three fire crews were called to Earle Park in Kingaroy on Saturday afternoon to control a grass fire burning at the rear of homes.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/08\/grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Grass Fire In Kingaroy Park - southburnett.com.au","og_description":"Three fire crews were called to Earle Park in Kingaroy on Saturday afternoon to control a grass fire burning at the rear of homes.","og_url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/08\/grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park\/","og_site_name":"southburnett.com.au","article_published_time":"2017-05-08T00:27:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-17T04:41:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":"620","height":"385","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/20170506fire2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anne Miller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anne Miller","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/08\/grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park\/","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/08\/grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park\/","name":"Grass Fire In Kingaroy Park - southburnett.com.au","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-05-08T00:27:56+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-17T04:41:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae"},"description":"Three fire crews were called to Earle Park in Kingaroy on Saturday afternoon to control a grass fire burning at the rear of homes.","inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/08\/grass-fire-in-kingaroy-park\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/","name":"southburnett.com.au","description":"Kingaroy and South Burnett News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/#\/schema\/person\/d43a5027bdddc95f54e9c6274d8a57ae","name":"Anne Miller","url":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/author\/anne-miller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177433"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276787,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177433\/revisions\/276787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}