New South Wales government has sent reinforcements to the Central Queensland coast to assist with an out-of-control bushfire between Bundaberg and Gladstone.
Temperatures in the fire-affected areas are expected to be in the 30s today and 100 firefighters from NSW’s Rural Fire Service will help battle the blaze.
35 properties are at risk and 800 residents have been told to leave as the fire draws near Deepwater. So far, 17,000 hectares of bush and farmland have been destroyed.