Residents of a riverside Noosa suburb have been told to leave by ferry as a dangerous bushfire approaches their isolated community in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
The alert for residents of Noosa North Shore, on the northern banks of the Noosa River, to leave immediately came about 11am on Wednesday (Queensland time).
“People leaving the area should take the Noosa River Ferry to Moorindil Street,” the fire service said.
There are no roads out of the community.
The fire is burning in the vicinity of Beach Road and the First Cutting, and might impact the Wallaby Track area soon.
Noosa North Shore (Cooloola Recreation Area) – road closures due to fire: Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) advises there is a bushfire in Noosa North Shore area. The fire may impact southern access to the Cooloola Recreation Area… https://t.co/XKYwhQbcZJ #qldparks
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The alarm came as the east coast bushfire emergency moved north to Queensland on Wednesday.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services was facing tough conditions, with searing heat and a shift in wind direction set to test containment lines throughout the state.
There are 67 fires fires burning across the state. Ten of them had a “watch and act” warning in place.
Fire North Shore at Noosa pic.twitter.com/dSlMUx9rcj
— Yak (@mramsden2) November 12, 2019
Residents evacuated from Noosa North Shore due to bushfire @7NewsSC pic.twitter.com/LvFaIsbwWq
— Simon Nichols (@SimonNichols7) November 13, 2019
Water bombing aircraft were trying to extinguish the Noosa North Shore fire, while firefighters attacked it from the ground.
Ground crews are also fighting the blaze, trying to capitalise on the work being done by aerial assets.
“But firefighters may not be able to protect every property. You should not expect a firefighter at your door. Power, water, and mobile phone service may be lost,” the fire service said.
Sunshine Coast Mayor Tony Wellington said the situation was incredibly frustrating.
“It’s the third fire that has started up on North Shore, so I’m told, this morning, which might lead one to assume that it wasn’t an act of nature, shall we say,” he told the ABC.
Overnight on Tuesday, thousands of firefighters battled a record fire front that had devoured more than a million hectares of land in NSW, blanketed Sydney in smoke and came dangerously close to the urban fringes.
Early estimates are that about 50 properties were destroyed or damaged across NSW on Tuesday, adding to about 200 properties consumed by flames in NSW and Queensland since Friday.
Conditions were expected to ease in NSW on Wednesday, but RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said a weekend forecast for severe weather and another burst of hot air next week meant “we simply aren’t going to get the upper hand on all of these fires”.
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-with AAP
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