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Queenslanders warned of increased fire risks this spring
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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9/4/2024
Dry grass, a wet winter and now higher than usual temperatures are fuelling fire friendly conditions across Queensland.
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Fire season has already begun.
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The forecasting did indicate that we would be experiencing grass fire conditions in early
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spring and our crews are already starting to experience that.
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A wet and frosty winter resulted in dry vegetation which has caused the danger, with grasslands
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and open forests the most at risk.
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From Scenic Rim all the way out through the Darling Downs out to Charleville and then
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up into the west out through Winton and in the north we're talking about the Cape area
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and right through the Gulf and the Savannah country.
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Recent heat has compounded the problem.
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For large parts of Queensland there's also a high likelihood of unusually warm days,
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so those are more extreme heat days.
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The Bureau is forecasting that spring could bring higher than usual rainfall to southern
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and central parts of the state.
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The timing of how those events play out will impact how that impacts fire danger or whether
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there's a risk of flooding.
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There's little comfort to the people in Tara on the Western Downs, where fires ripped through
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more than 50 homes last year and killed two people.
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I think people are still coming to terms with the loss and the heartache that they experienced.
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A community that is still rebuilding faces the prospect of more danger.
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At the end of the day you've got to make sure that you are prepared for the worst and I
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suppose a bushfire is one of the worst things that can happen.
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