Firefighters in south-western Queensland are on high alert due to hot weather and strong winds, which are expected to create dangerous fire conditions. Fire containment lines may come under intense pressure, making it difficult to control fires if they spread. ABC Emergency will provide regular warnings on ABC Radio.
After two days of cooler temperatures, firefighters in south-western Queensland are on high alert today, with hot weather and strong winds expected to make for dangerous fire conditions.
He said it will work as a gathering area for people who need to evacuate and organise how "to handle the situation".He said those meeting there could then work through whether they are taken to the evacuation centre at Dalby or another form of accommodation. " Minister Murray Watt is visiting that area today to see what other support can be offered," he said."Victorian and New Zealand crews will soon be on the ground there to help. These are heartbreaking scenes when people lose their their houses."Cattle farmer Robert Scanlan in Miriam Vale is selling off his 400-head herd after the fire burned through his property, ravaging pasture and leaving his animals without anything to eat.
Now, this blaze has already claimed the lives of two people while its been burning this past week. One man was trying to defend his property here in Tara, while a woman trying to evacuate died of a suspected cardiac arrest while evacuating.
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