Out of Control Bushfires in Rural Queensland: Residents Lives at Risk, 5 Homes Lost

Rural residents in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, should leave immediately due to dangerous fire conditions leading to five homes lost.

A supplied image shows QFES ground crews responding to a fire in Millmerran, Queensland, on Oct. 23, 2023. AAP Image/Supplied by Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

Rural residents in the Western Downs region, Queensland, should leave immediately due to dangerous fires burning, according to emergency warnings on Oct. 24. 

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) issued a warning at 2:14 p.m., urging Cypress Gardens and Millmerran Downs residents to leave due to a large, fast-moving fire burning near Orchid Drive.