Qld: Soaring heat and severe fire danger forecasted for Qld

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2009
Qld: Soaring heat and severe fire danger forecasted for Qld

Firefighters in southeast Queensland are preparing for another day of severe weather
conditions .. with high temperatures .. strong winds and low humidity making conditions
dangerous again.

The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast severe grassland and forest fire danger for
the Darling Downs and Granite Belt district.

Temperatures of up to 42 degrees with relative humidity down to 15 per cent and northwest
to northeast winds of around 30 km/h are forecast for the region today.

Elsewhere .. a fire at Hillview in the Gold Coast Hinterland has been contained ..

as has a fire on the Atherton tablelands in far north Queensland.

AAP RTV djb/crh

KEYWORD: BUSHFIRES QLD (BRISBANE)

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