Queensland Police launch investigation into suspicious fires at Beerwah, Landsborough

As fire crews battle nightmare conditions, detectives are investigating four separate fires on the Sunshine Coast which are being treated as suspicious.

Amid a hellish fire season Sunshine Coast detectives are investigating four bushfires from the past two weeks that officers are treating as suspicious.

Police are probing if recent fires at Beerwah, Landsborough, and Meridan Plains were deliberately lit as crews continue to battle multiple blazes throughout the region.

Across Queensland firefighters are battling dozens of fires, with crews dealing with a nightmare combination of high winds and temperatures in the 30s.

Sunshine Coast detectives say initial investigations indicate a fire at Beerwah on Sunday, October 29 was deliberately lit near Stokes Rd around 10.30am.

Fire Area Support Officer Daniel Sanderman in the fire zone of the recent bushfires at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast. Picture Lachie Millard

Officers are also investigating if another fire in the Beerwah and Landsborough area on October 28 was also deliberately lit near a forestry clearing on Dianelle Rd and Roys Rd, Beerwah around 1pm.

This fire caused police to issue a Public Safety Preservation Act later that night.

Steve Irwin Way was closed between Beerburrum and Landsborough from that emergency declaration.

The emergency zone included Steve Irwin Way, Hardwood Rd, Forestry Rd and Dianella Rd.

The Valdora/Yandina Creek Rural Fire Brigade were among those battling the Beerwah blaze earlier on Saturday.

Officers are also investigating whether a grass fire was sparked on Sattler Road in Meridan Plains earlier last week, on October 23, just before 9pm, after an offender tried to gain entry to a business by cutting the locks to a fence.

The building was destroyed by fire, however emergency crews managed to contain the fire to that building and a small, grassed area nearby.

A bushfire in Beerwah on October 21 is also being treated as suspicious.

It’s believed that fire started around 2pm near Roys Rd.

Investigations are continuing into all the fires. Anyone with information is being urged to contact police.