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Tuesday, November 28

Scores of residents told to leave as fast moving blaze tests firefighters

Almost 80 people living in Queensland’s Western Downs region are being urged to prepare to leave their homes as firefighters battle a major bushfire in the region.

Queensland ablaze: Western communities urged to evacuate as 50 fires take hold

Emergency warnings are in place across Queensland and some residents have been urged to leave as bushfires burn on the Western Downs, north-west of Brisbane.

A road inundated by floodwaters at Brookfield in Brisbane's west. (Image: BOM)

Police divers check submerged car as floods continue to rage

Police divers are checking if anyone is trapped in a car that was swept off a causeway north of Toowoomba amid major floods across southern Queensland.

Emergency services staff stood down over alleged corruption

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services has stood down six of its staff and alerted the state’s corruption watchdog over allegedly improper procurement practices.