A hospital almost had to be evacuated after bushfires flared in far north Queensland as interstate crews arrived to provide welcome relief.
Victorian firefighters are travelling throughout the state as recovery work begins at Tara where a deadly blaze west of Brisbane destroyed more Queensland houses than the 2019 Black Summer disaster.
Another concern is the Southern Downs border town of Dalveen, near Warwick, where 30 rural properties were evacuated. Some are expected at the Tara fire, which has claimed a life and burnt more than 20,000 hectares in the past week but was behind containment lines on Wednesday. Some people will be assessing their properties for the first time since the fires first struck last week.The premier said 50 housing support staff were assisting at Tara while caravans and temporary accommodation have been organised.“A lot of recovery work is now happening in relation to Tara,” Palaszczuk said.
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