Three people are injured in a bushfire north of Bundaberg in southern Queensland, with the fast-moving blaze already burning out hundreds of hectares.
Three people have been injured in a bushfire north of Bundaberg in southern Queensland, authorities say.The blaze flared up again on Tuesday, forcing the closure of the Isis highwayThe fast-moving bushfire that started on Monday afternoon is burning through a timber plantation near Bundaberg.
QFES said in its alert at 9:25pm that the dangerous fire was travelling in a south-westerly direction towards Lowmead Road, and impacting residents along Tableland Road, south of Mitchell Road, and Lowmead Road, west of Mitchell Road. ABC Emergency has sourced advice from official agencies on how to plan for a bushfire, including preparing a survival kit.
"There was a couple of homes, one about 10:30 last night, that came under direct threat, and we put four urban appliances on there and we laid a foam blanket around the house and surround to protect it from the ember attack," he said.
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