Police swarm Yarraman home of man covered in petrol

Police surrounded the home of a man who had poured petrol over himself during an incident in the South Burnett on Friday afternoon.

A siege is underway at Yarraman with police reportedly negotiating with a man who has doused himself in petrol, on Friday May 5, 2023.

Police have swarmed a Yarraman property after a man poured petrol over himself and holed up on a property for several hours.

A Queensland Police spokesman said they were called to a mental health related incident at 11.30am near Toomey Street in Yarraman, about two hours from Brisbane.

A statement from police said they negotiated with the man in bushland for some time before an ambulance transported him to Kingaroy Hospital for a mental health checkup.

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“No threats were made to the public,” the police spokesman said.

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1300 MH CALL (1300 642 255) is a confidential mental health telephone triage service that provides the first point of contact to public mental health services to Queenslanders.

1300 MH CALL is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will link to the caller’s nearest Queensland Public Mental Health service.

If you feel that you may be in need of mental health support and have never accessed a mental health service before, please contact your general practitioner or phone our mental health access line 1300 MH CALL (1300 642 255).