Residents across Queensland were told to evacuate in the middle of the night as the state’s fire emergency deepens.
Just before 1am on Saturday, multiple emergency warnings were issued for the communities of Tara, Wieambilla and The Gums in the Western Downs region, west of Brisbane.QFES
An hour later, an emergency warning was also issued almost 500 kilometres away in the Gladstone region for Lowmead and Colosseum near Miriam Vale. A 73-year-old woman also died after suffering what was believed to have been a heart attack while trying to leave her property.
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