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Residents across Queensland have been told in the middle of the night to evacuate immediately 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.
All the latest on the Queensland bushfire emergency. “Leave immediately. Your life could be at risk. It will soon be too dangerous to drive,” the alert said. An hour later, an emergency warning was also issued almost 500km to the northeast, in the Gladstone Region, for Lowmead and Colosseum near Miriam Vale. The alert highlighted concerns about a fast-moving fire burning along Lowmead Road.
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