Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Rd closed after vehicle crashes into high-voltage power lines

Firefighters arrived to find a vehicle fully engulfed in flames but they could not approach as the collision has impacted high-voltage power lines.

Fire crews have responded to a fire after a car collided with a power pole Picture: Lillian Watkins.

The Toowoomba-Cecil Plain Rd has been cut after a vehicle collided with a high-voltage power pole and burst into flames.

Emergency services were called to the Biddeston crash about 9.20am on Wednesday and arrived to find the vehicle engulfed in fire.

All occupants were accounted for, with paramedics treating a woman aged in her 40s for spinal and abdominal injuries and a teenage girl with arm and hand injuries.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said the pair suffered “significant” injuries and were taken to Toowoomba Hospital.

A Queensland Fire Department spokeswoman said the crews will let the vehicle burn itself out as the risk from electrical lines was too great.

Ergon Energy was called to isolate the power.

Meanwhile, fire has spread to nearby grass and scrub, but poses no threat to property.

Firefighters have it contained, the QFD spokeswoman said.

Originally published as Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Rd closed after vehicle crashes into high-voltage power lines