A fire burning close to Canberra and Queanbeyan is at emergency level, with firefighters on the scene.
south of Canberra Airport, as an out-of-control bushfire heads towards them.People in Oaks Estate, Beard and West Queanbeyan have been told it is too late to leaveAn emergency warning has been issued for the fire, burning at Pialligo Redwood Forest, in an easterly direction on the border between the ACT and Queanbeyan
People at Oaks Estate and Beard, in the ACT, and Queanbeyan West, in NSW, have been told it is too late to leave. Those still in the area have been advised they are in danger and need to seek immediate shelter as the fire approaches.People in streets north of Uriarra Road in West Queanbeyan have been told to leave now towards David Campese Oval if it is safe to do so.
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