{"id":278027,"date":"2020-09-23T16:32:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T06:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=278027"},"modified":"2020-09-23T22:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T12:49:44","slug":"fire-ban-in-yarraman-cooyar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/09\/23\/fire-ban-in-yarraman-cooyar\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Ban In Yarraman, Cooyar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>September 23, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Queensland Fire and Emergency Services have imposed a local fire ban for residents in the Toowoomba Regional Council area &#8211; which includes Yarraman and Cooyar.<\/p>\n<p>A QFES spokesperson said the local fire ban would begin at 1:00am on Thursday (September 24) for residents in the Toowoomba, Southern Downs, Goondiwindi, Western Downs, Maranoa, Murweh, Quilpie, Bulloo, Paroo and Balonne Local Government Areas.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson said fire conditions were perfect for bushfires to ignite and spread quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Under a local fire ban all open fires are prohibited and all Permits to Light Fire which have been issued in the designated areas have been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Power tools may be used during a local fire ban, however QFES encourages people to use these with extreme care and ensure adequate equipment is available to extinguish any fire which may start.<\/p>\n<p>This may include having a person available to watch out for any ignitions that occur.<\/p>\n<p>The ban is expected to remain in place until 11:59pm on Monday, September 28.<\/p>\n<p>A local fire ban has been in place since 1:00am on Wednesday (September 23) for residents in the Logan, Scenic Rim, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley and Somerset local government areas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_278120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-278120\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923danger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-278120\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923danger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"1047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923danger.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923danger-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200923danger-724x1024.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-278120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Very High fire danger has been predicted in the Wide Bay-Burnett and Darling Downs areas for Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Photo: BOM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland Fire and Emergency Services have imposed a local fire ban for residents in the Toowoomba Regional Council area &#8211; which includes Yarraman and Cooyar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":278029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24,36],"tags":[70,90,176],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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