Classic cars, bikes, boats destroyed in Calico Creek fire

A explosive fire south of Gympie on Wednesday wiped out a $500,000 collection of classic cars, motorbikes and boats, authorities have confirmed. Watch the video:

About $500,000 worth of classic cars, dirt bikes and boats were destroyed in a ferocious fire which gutted a rural industrial shed outside Gympie on Wednesday.

Emergency crews rushed to contain the fire on Burgess Road at Calico Creek about midday, as flames engulfed the shed and threatened a nearby house.

Inside the shed were 15 dirt bikes, 15 cars and three boats.

The fire was so intense it produced explosions and a plume of “thick black smoke” which Gympie station officer Adrian Bond said firesy “were able to see quite clearly” from the city 15km away.

Firefighters battled for an hour to bring the blaze under control

The flames reportedly reached 20m high at times.

Multiple rural and urban firefighting crews battled for an hour to bring the blaze under control and prevent it from jumping to a home about 10m from the industrial shed on Burgess Rd.

Explosions could be heard across the Mary Valley as emergency crews rushed to contain a large shed fire housing multiple classic bikes and cars. Picture: Scott Kovacevic

No one was injured in the fire.

Police said the fire was non-suspicious, but no source has been identified.

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QFES’ Adrian Bond said the owners had lost a number of vehicles, including some that “look like classic(s)”.

“Quite a few have gone up in flames,” Mr Bond said at the scene on Wednesday.

The shed reportedly housed 15 dirt bikes, three boats, and 15 cars and estimated to be worth about $500,000.

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Explosions could be heard across the Mary Valley as emergency crews rushed to contain a large shed fire housing multiple vehicles. Picture: Scott Kovacevic