Fire tears through block of shops on QLD border

A major fire has broken out at a block of shops on the Queensland and New South Wales border, ripping through a grocery store, a butcher and a clothing shop. WATCH THE VIDEO

Fire crews are working to maintain a blaze at a block of shops on the regional Queensland and New South Wales border.

A Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said crews were called to a “well involved” fire at a block of shops in Mungindi, west of Goondiwindi, just after 8pm.

A block of shops has caught light in a rural Queensland border town.

She said urban appliance and rural crews were working with New South Wales fire crews to battle the large blaze.

Fire crews are battling the blaze.

It is believed that some of the main shops in the small town caught alight, including a butcher shop, a clothing store and a grocery shop.

A butcher shop, a clothing store and the local SPAR grocery store has caught alight.