No relief for Qld bushfire crisis
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There is no relief in sight for Queensland’s bushfire crisis as extreme heatwave conditions continue to grip the state on the first day of summer.
There have been no lives lost as wildfires raged across central Queensland this week but 110 are still burning around the state.
That number could grow as heat wave spreads to the state’s south east corner in coming days with possible storms with damaging winds.
Authorities have repeatedly warned of volatile conditions and on Friday, 10 women and children were airlifted to safety from the Eungella State Forest as the conditions suddenly changed and the fire flared out of control.
Temperatures are expected to build over the next four to five days, with the maximum to peak on Monday.
A local fire ban was issued for the Brisbane region until the end of Sunday.
And a fire ban for parts of southwest Queensland, including Toowoomba, the Southern and Western Downs and the Maranoa areas, was extended to the end of Tuesday.
After almost a week of severe fire danger, QFES Commissioner Katarina Carroll says that the difficult and challenging conditions will persist.
“We are not out of the woods,” she said.
“We’ve got a heatwave still with us for the next four days. We’ve got thunderstorms that interfere with how the fire spreads …We have never seen this in our state before.”
Police say they have found no evidence of arson involved in these fires, many of which were sparked in extreme heatwave conditions.
But two men have been arrested for allegedly attempting to start fires near Rockhampton in two separate incidents on Thursday and Friday.
Evacuated residents are desperate to return to their homes, but have been warned it is still not safe for them to return.
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