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Thursday 05 November 2009 Morning Round up

11/5/2009

Toowong – car into pole
A car crashed into a pole on the corner of Sherwood Road and Miskin Street in Toowong around 5.15am. The single occupant of the vehicle was trapped in the wreckage for over an hour and firefighters had to use hydraulic cutting tools to free the driver. The patient will be transported to hospital but no further details on the incident are available at this time.

Near Dululu (south west of Rockhampton) – house fire
Two fire crews responded to reports of a house fire on the Burnett Highway near Dululu around 12.30am. Firefighters found the house well alight when they arrived. It is believed that no one was home when the blaze broke out but the house has been significantly damaged by the fire. Fire investigators will attend the scene today to determine the cause of the blaze.

FIRE BANS
Fire bans will remain in place for the following Local Government areas until midnight on Friday 6 November: North Burnett, Fraser Coast, South Burnett, Gympie, Cherbourg and Bundaberg.

Fire bans will remain in place for the following Local Government areas until midnight on Monday 9 November: Whitsunday, Burdekin, Townsville, Charters Towers, Richmond, Mackay, Isaac, Banana, Gladstone and Rockhampton.

Fire bans in these areas may be extended again if dangerous fire conditions continue.

The Rural Fire Service has put a ban on the lighting of all fires in the above Local Government areas, including permit fires as a precaution with high, and at times extreme, conditions expected to continue.

The following exemptions apply under fire ban conditions:
• The use of gas and electric barbecues are permitted provided they are not left unattended. The use of wood fire barbecues is prohibited;
• Fires for the purpose of disposal of animal carcasses are permitted, subject to the issue of a Permit to Light Fire by the local Fire Warden;
• Fires of commercial necessity are permitted subject to the issue of a Permit to Light Fire by the Area Director Rural Operations;
• Fires for the purpose of burning standing sugar cane for harvest in accordance with the established practice of the industry; and
• Fires for the purpose of burning sugar cane tops and trash on cane production land between the hours of 1800 (6.00 pm) and 0900 (9.00 am).

Regular updated information will be provided on the QFRS Rural Operations website at www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au or at www.fire.qld.gov.au or by listening to your local radio station.

Media note: When quoting members of the media unit, please refer to a spokesperson for the Department of Community Safety. Thank you.


Contact: For more information contact Department of Community Safety Media on 3247 8186

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