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Building destroyed by fire near Gympie Saleyards

Emergency services rushed to the scene of a building fire near Gympie, finding the structure “well alight”.

Fireys extinguished a building fire near the Gympie Saleyards. Photo: Jorina Maureschat
Fireys extinguished a building fire near the Gympie Saleyards. Photo: Jorina Maureschat

Emergency services have rushed to the scene of an early-morning building fire near the Gympie Saleyards.

A structure on Saleyard Rd, Araluen, was on fire with paramedics and other emergency services arriving by 6.18am.

Three crews from the Queensland Fire Department arrived to find single-storey building well alight.

A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman confirmed the building was vacant and no patients were assessed, and a Queensland Police Service spokesman said police were off the scene by 7.20am.

This comes less than an hour after a single vehicle crash on the corner of Bridge St and Queen St in Cooran, in the Noosa Hinterland.

Emergency services arrived to the crash at 5.32am and a QPS spokesman said the driver was “safe and well”.

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