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Residents of a town on the Queensland-NSW border have been told it’s too late to leave and to hunker down in brick buildings as a bushfire approaches quickly. “Your life is in danger. You need to seek shelter immediately to survive,” says the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services alert for the town of Wallangarra, in the Southern Downs region of Queensland. “Do not try to leave. Driving now could be deadly.
Wind gusts of up to 40km/h and 37C heat have made conditions even worse for crews trying to contain the erratic blaze, prompting an extreme fire danger warning. More destroyed homes have been discovered in the region, with the tally now sitting at 53 — four more than the Black Summer fires claimed across Queensland. “Some areas are still too hot to get into. Unfortunately, we are expecting that number to go up,” Western Downs Mayor Paul McVeigh told AAP.
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