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| Queensland Fire incidents map Sat 19 August 11am |
Early Fire season started this weekend in SE Queensland. Warmer temperatures with climate change is driving earlier fire seasons, more intense fire weather.
This fire season in Queensland is one month earlier start than the 2019-2020 bushfire season.
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BOM says conditions ripe for high fire danger Meteorologists warn people must take precautions Australia's worst recorded bushfire season of 2019-2020 sparked on Queensland's Granite Belt in Sep 2019, burnt for months.
According to the Buraeu of Meteorology fire danger for the following regions were rated high on Friday: Capricornia, Central Highlands and Coalfields, Darling Downs and Granite Belt, Wide Bay and Burnett, Southeast Coast. All other regions were rated as moderate fire danger.
