{"id":306826,"date":"2021-10-06T10:02:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T00:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=306826"},"modified":"2021-11-12T19:42:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T09:42:26","slug":"firies-battle-large-mulch-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/10\/06\/firies-battle-large-mulch-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Firies Battle Large Mulch Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_306830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306830\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-306830 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both urban and rural fire crews were called to the large mulch fire at Goodger (Photo: McEuen RFB)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 6, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Firefighters received an early morning callout on Wednesday to attend a large mulch fire burning on a property at Goodger.<\/p>\n<p>Both urban and rural crews were called to the Boonenne Road property at 1:14am.<\/p>\n<p>The fire began in a large pile of sawdust and mill waste, which included large pieces of wood.<\/p>\n<p>A QFES spokesperson said the burning pile was about 20m x 50m in size, and up to six metres high but no property was under threat.<\/p>\n<p>The landholder brought in earthmoving machinery to help break up the fire and remove larger pieces of timber.<\/p>\n<p><strong>He worked alongside 10 fire crews from the Stuart River, McEuen, Kunioon-Hodgleigh and Brooklands rural fire brigades and Kingaroy urban units.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fire had been brought under control by 2:00am but was still smouldering in the centre at 3:30am.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters and the landholder continued to work to break up the mulch pile and by 6:30am it had been fully levelled by an excavator.<\/p>\n<p>Fire crews continued to cool down hotspots until 8:15am when the fire was fully extinguished.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_306831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306831\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-306831 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006mulch2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire crews pour water and foam on the burning mulch fire (Photo: McEuen RFB)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters received an early morning callout on Wednesday to attend a large mulch fire burning on a property at Goodger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":306830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[90,252],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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