{"id":20224,"date":"2013-01-10T10:27:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T00:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=20224"},"modified":"2023-11-28T16:28:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T06:28:39","slug":"5-crews-battle-gordonbrook-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/01\/10\/5-crews-battle-gordonbrook-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Crews At Grass Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 10, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five rural fire brigade crews have been called to a large grass fire which broke out near River Road at Gordonbrook this morning.<\/p>\n

A Queensland Emergency Services spokesman said the first crew arrived on the scene at 9:00am.<\/p>\n

Firefighters had the outbreak “two-thirds under control” by 10:20am.<\/p>\n

No properties are under threat but there is extensive smoke in the area.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 2:00pm:<\/strong> The fire has been contained by nine rural and urban crews; a grader was also used to establish breaks.<\/p>\n

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QPWS crews are still attending a wildfire on the eastern side of the Bunya Mountains National Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n

QPWS Regional Director South West Rob Murphy said the fire was contained within control lines on QPWS land. Three QPWS crews conducted a successful backburn last night.<\/p>\n

Crews will continue to monitor the fire over the weekend.<\/p>\n