Three people have been pulled from flooded Myall Creek in Dalby

Three people spent nearly two hours clinging to a tree for safety while stranded in the raging creek, which several children had only narrowly escaped minutes earlier.

Three people have been rescued from raging floodwaters in Dalby after spending nearly two hours clinging to a tree for safety.

A QFES spokeswoman confirmed three people were pulled from Myall Creek at 4.30pm on Wednesday, where they’d been caught out in floodwaters more than an hour earlier.

A witness told the Dalby Herald about four children managed to escape the water on their own, but two adults and a teenager needed emergency assistance.

The Dalby Herald understands a member of the public and a police officer entered the water to assist a teenage girl who was still stranded, keeping her safe while a rescue was planned.

Queensland Fire And Rescue Service confirmed their swift water rescue technicians used an inflatable craft to reach the trio, who were clinging to a tree.

Paramedics were waiting on dry land and treated a girl in her mid-teens before transporting her to Dalby Hospital in a stable condition.

The two men did not require hospital treatment.

Police confirmed they were called to Myall Creek on Marble Street at about 2.45pm amid reports of multiple people stranded in the water.

A witness told the Dalby Herald he saw a number of people in the water before the incident unfolded.

The man said a number of people “kindly suggested” they should get out of the water due to safety concerns, but the group “gave us a mouthful back”.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a major flood warning for Chinchilla in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a massive overnight deluge saw the Condamine River surge in height.

The Condamine was earlier sitting at 9.77m, while the Chinchilla Weir was just shy of the major flood level of 10m.

Resident Dianna Yates told the Chinchilla News she’d recorded 102mm of rain in her gauge yesterday, with another 17mm overnight.

“We’re going to need a boat soon,” she said. “I have been here four years and have never seen rain so heavy and constant.”

Dalby is also on watch as Myall Creek continues to rise. The region copped more than 60mm in the 24hrs to 9am, capping off one of the wettest November‘s on record, with 219mm falling during the month.