Qld bushfires: Multiple homes under threat as bushfire rages at Mt Maria near Gladstone

An out-of-control fire burning near Childers has seen Queensland Police declare an emergency situation. Meanwhile, residents at Mount Maria remain on emergency warning level.

AN emergency has been declared due to a bushfire burning north of Childers.

Police at 4.04pm made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act due to the bushfire burning at Gregory River (north of Childers).

The exclusion zone is bound by the edge of the Elliot State Forest along Childers Road, Voss Road, Newlands Road and Foleys Road.

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An emergency has been declared for the area near the Gregory River bushfire.

Residents within the exclusion zone are urged to follow the advice of emergency services on the ground.

Childers Road is closed between Foleys Road and Pine Creek Road.

Members of the public are advised to avoid the area.

Smoke billows from a bushfire near Childers Rd.

Meanwhile, residents at Mount Maria, south of Gladstone, have been told to leave their homes immediately as a life threatening bushfire heads towards residential areas.

At 6pm, a large fire was travelling in a westerly direction towards Lowmead. The fire had jumped Tableland Rd between Seeds Rd and Mitchell Rd and has impacted Mitchell Rd and parts of Tableland Rd.

The fire was expected to have a significant impact on the community.

For residents in these areas, leaving immediately is the safest option, as it will soon be too dangerous to drive.

Residents located along Tableland Rd between Seeds Rd and Hills Rd and along Whytallabah Rd, Kirkpatrick Rd, Cross Rd and Lowmead Rd should prepare to leave. While properties at these addresses are not under direct threat at this time, residents should be prepared to leave the area as the situation could change quickly.

Tableland Rd is now closed. Residents should evacuate south along Lowmead Rd towards Lowmead. Those who are unable to evacuate south should travel north along Tableland Rd towards Miriam Vale.

There is an evacuation centre at Miriam Vale Community Hall at 41 Blomfield St Miriam Vale.