AUTHORITIES are urging residents to clear their properties of green waste as hot, dry conditions heighten bushfire threats across south-east Queensland.
Temperatures are expected to spike to 29 degrees on Thursday, with the warmer daily highs expected across the greater Jimboomba and Beaudesert region through to Saturday.
Daytime highs between 26 and 27 degrees are forecast for the Redlands.
Emergency Services Minister Craig Crawford said fire danger levels would rise across the next few days across the state.
Very high fire danger levels currently threaten Queensland’s south-east coast and the Darling Downs, with the intensified conditions expected to spread north and west from Thursday.
“While conditions have eased somewhat in the past 24 hours, we can expect to see fire dangers rise again in the coming days and they will reach heightened levels regularly in the near future,” Mr Crawford said.
“By taking action now to reduce fuel loads, residents can minimise the risk to their homes, neighbours and communities.”
Mr Crawford suggested residents protect their properties by putting in fire breaks, mowing lawns and removing green waste like grass clippings and wood piles from backyards.
He also urged people to make sure they knew what to do in the event of a bushfire by making bushfire survival plans.
Fire permits were cancelled in the Logan City, Scenic Rim, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Lockyer Valley and Somerset Regional Council local government areas as of midnight Friday, 10 August until further notice.
Firefighters responded to 67 vegetation fires last weekend across south-east Queensland.
In an emergency, always dial Triple Zero (000).
