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Leave NOW: Residents in a Queensland town are told to evacuate immediately as a ‘life-threatening’ fire bears down on homes
Residents of a Queensland town have been urged to ‘leave immediately’ as the Fraser Island bushfire makes a beeline for their homes.
Several residents of Happy Valley evacuated on Sunday afternoon but 50 people remained to defend their homes from ongoing fire on Fraser Island in Queensland.
Queensland Fire Emergency Services made five ‘leave immediately’ warnings on Sunday followed by a fourth at 3:30am on Monday.
QFES commissioner Greg Leach said ‘we understand there’s about 50 people remaining in Happy Valley and many of those are participating in the firefighting effort’.
‘We put out the emergency warning this afternoon to suggest to people who were in a position to leave Happy Valley to do so via Eastern Beach and we understand that several people may,’ Mr Leach said on Sunday.
‘Those that remain behind feel that they are in a position to protect themselves and participate in the firefighting effort.’
More to come.
