17/09/2023
**This warning is no longer current. **
NOT SAFE TO RETURN - Beerwah (Sunshine Coast) - fire as at 3:46pm Sunday, 17 September 2023
Warning level: WATCH AND ACT
Warning area: Mawsons Road and Holt Road, Beerwah
The fire in Glass House Mountains National Park is still burning. It is travelling towards Mawsons Road. If you left the area, it is not safe to return.
Firefighters are working to contain the fire. Firefighting aircraft are helping ground crews.
What you should do:
- If you left the area, stay where you are. It is not safe to return.
- Stay informed:
- Keep checking the QFES Current Bushfires and Warnings website
- Follow QFES on Facebook and Twitter
- Listen to your local radio station.
If you stayed:
- If you have a bushfire survival plan, follow it now.
- Be ready to leave in case the situation changes:
- Charge mobile phones and power banks if you still can.
- Be ready to take your pets, pet food, pet lead or crate/carrier.
- Pack a bag with mobile phone charger, enough clothes for five days, important documents (like ID, insurance papers, passports and photos), medicine, cash and keys.
- Decide where you and the people you live with will go if conditions get worse. Plan how you will get there. Tell others where you are going.
- Check road closures and traffic updates at the QLD Traffic website (https://qldtraffic.qld.gov.au/) or call 13 19 40.
- Move flammable items away from your house if you can.
- Watch out for firefighters working in the area.
- Do not fly drones around the fire. Drones affect air operations.
Impacts: - Fire may have damaged property.
- No properties are at risk.
- Smoke can make it hard for some people to breathe. - Smoke can make it hard to see when you are driving.
- Burning embers may reach properties. Try to put them out quickly with water.
- Roads may be closed or impacted.
Further Information:
- Visit https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/air-quality for live air quality data.
Next update by 5:46pm or sooner if the situation changes.
This warning is from Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.