Queensland bushfires to burn into next week

Firefighters in Queensland are battling 140 fires across the state in "unimaginable conditions" with no end in sight.

Rural Fire crews battle a bushfire near houses in Salt Ash.

Firefighters are still working to control a bushfire north of Newcastle that threatened homes. (AAP) Source: AAP

More than 100 bushfires continue to burn across Queensland a week after the crisis began, with communities on the central coast being warned the danger will stretch into next week.

Fire conditions will be slightly better on Friday than they were on the previous two days, but Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says heat wave conditions will persist for at least another four days.
Firefighters working to control a bushfire in Central Queensland.
Las condiciones de calor también serán acompañadas por vientos fuertes hacia el final de la semana, creando condiciones de incendio peligrosas. Source: AAP
Two men have been accused of lighting fires in two separate occasions near Rockhampton amid the bushfire crisis in central Queensland.

State Disaster Coordinator Bob Gee warned that arson offences carry a hefty jail term as he told reporters a 27-year-old man had been taken into custody for attempting to light a fire at Port Curtis on Friday.

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