Qld fires: state will ‘continue to burn’ without rain, as dozens of bushfires flare up across Queensland

Rural firefighters' chief says Queensland in survival mode' amid dry weather, with 53 homes destroyed by fire in the Western Downs

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Queensland is in survival mode" as dozens of bushfires burn across the state and there is no rain on the horizon, the head of the volunteer firefighters association has said.

Firefighters have contained a bushfire at Tara, on the Western Downs four hours west of Brisbane, that destroyed 53 homes and claimed two lives. But fires have flared up to the north and south, with emergency warnings in place on Wednesday for a fire between Warwick and Stanthorpe on the Southern Downs.

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