Severe fire danger warnings are in place for the central highlands and coalfields district, Wide Bay and Burnett, and the southeast coast.
Water-bombing aircraft are on standby with severe to extreme fire warnings issued for southern, southeast and central Queensland on Friday.
Authorities have warned conditions could reach the highest catastrophic rating in some inland areas in the state's south.
There is an extreme fire danger forecast for the Maranoa and Warrego, as well as the Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts.