1/95A property destroyed by a bushfire near Tara, Queensland, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Fire fighters have been battling multiple bushfire in Queensland and NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
In pictures: Queensland’s bushfire devastation
With bushfires raging across Queensland, images paint a grim picture of the damage left behind.
2/95Obi Valley bushfire, Schultz Road, Witta, looking North direction. Picture: Patrick Woods.
3/95A property destroyed by a bushfire near Tara, Queensland, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Fire fighters have been battling multiple bushfire in Queensland and NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
4/95Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
5/95Bushfires burning around Dalveen as seen from Old Stanthorpe Rd, Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Picture: Kevin Farmer
6/95Bushfires burning around Dalveen as seen from Old Stanthorpe Rd, Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Picture: Kevin Farmer
7/95One of the homes lost in the fires. Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
8/95Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
9/95Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
10/95One of the homes lost in the fires. Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
11/95One of the homes lost in the fires. Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
12/95Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
13/95Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
14/95One of the homes lost in the fires. Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
15/95Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
16/95Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
17/95Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
18/95One of the homes lost in the fires. Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
19/95One of the homes lost in the fires. Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
20/95One of the homes lost in the fires. Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
21/95Fire damage around Dalveen (near Warwick) Bushfires burning through the Southern Downs regional area near the Queensland to NSW border. Picture: NCA NewsWIRE / John Gass
22/95Videos showing the QFES response to major bushfires at Wallangarra.
23/95Multiple ground crews and aircraft working to contain a large, fast-moving grass fire burning near Chinchilla Tara. Picture QFES
24/95Fire on Halliford Road west of Dalby. Picture: Liam Kidston
25/95Staging point for fire and emergency services near Tara. Picture: Liam Kidston
26/95Aratula Rural Fire Brigade at Cypress Gardens.
27/95Fire on Halliford Road west of Dalby. Picture: Liam Kidston
28/95Southern Downs Regional Council prepare to welcome Wallangarra residents to the evacuation centre in Stanthorpe, Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Picture: Kevin Farmer
29/95Videos showing the QFES response to major bushfires at Wallangarra.
30/95QFES Supplied footage of a bushfire burning at Tara.
31/95Videos showing the QFES response to major bushfires at Wallangarra.
32/95Videos showing the QFES response to major bushfires at Wallangarra.
33/95Image from Wallangarra. Picture: QPS
34/95Southern Downs Regional Council community services team members Nicola Featherstone (left) and Sue Organ prepare to welcome Wallangarra residents to the evacuation centre in Stanthorpe, Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Picture: Kevin Farmer
35/95Nymboida bushfire. Picture: Pauline Quester
36/95Pink aerial fire retardant dropped outside Tara. Picture: Liam Kidston
37/95Jason, partner of Tayla McKenzie, surveys the devastation at their property in Tara after the fires. Photo: 7 News
38/95Agnes Water bushfire. Picture QFES
39/95Western Downs SES work to fight the blaze on Weitzels Rd in Tara. Picture: Western Downs SES
40/95QFES Supplied footage of a bushfire burning at Tara.
41/95Nymboida bushfire. Picture: Pauline Quester
42/95Nymboida bushfire. Picture: Pauline Quester
43/95Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
44/95Videos showing the QFES response to major bushfires at Wallangarra.
45/95Pink aerial fire retardant dropped outside Tara. Picture: Liam Kidston
46/95Fire damage on Chinchilla Tara Road near Tara. Picture: Liam Kidston
47/95Jason, partner of Tayla McKenzie, surveys the devastation at their property in Tara after the fires. Photo: 7 News
48/95Dalby Events Centre and Showgrounds transformed into evacuation centres for Tara fire victims.
49/95Southern Downs Regional Council community services team members Nicola Featherstone (left) and Sue Organ prepare to welcome Wallangarra residents to the evacuation centre in Stanthorpe, Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Picture: Kevin Farmer
50/95Southern Downs Regional Council community services team members Nicola Featherstone (left) and Sue Organ prepare to welcome Wallangarra residents to the evacuation centre in Stanthorpe, Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Picture: Kevin Farmer
51/95A potentially life-threatening blaze at Wallangarra is seen from the nearby town of Fletcher, as the fire takes off on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Picture: Vanessa Smith
52/95Jolene Nelson Facebook post says "Stay safe Wallangarra, Wyberba, Ballandean,Tenterfield and Dalveen friends... This was 1pm today, can only imagine what it's like now"
53/95Wallangarra bushfire from Facebook.
54/95A large fire burning at Wallangarra has cut the New England Highway.
55/95Nymboida bushfire. Picture: Pauline Quester
56/95QFES Supplied footage of a bushfire burning at Tara.
57/95Videos showing the QFES response to major bushfires at Wallangarra
58/95Fire damaged home on Chinchilla Tara Road near Tara. Picture: Liam Kidston
59/95Jason, partner of Tayla McKenzie, surveys the devastation at their property in Tara after the fires. Photo: 7 News
60/95Security camera vision shows the fire coming towards the Tara home.
61/95Videos showing the QFES response to major bushfires at Wallangarra
62/95An aerial view of the bushfire sweeping Tara, October 2023. Picture: QFES
63/95Videos showing the QFES response to major bushfires at Wallangarra.
64/95Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
65/95Incident Controller Rachel Connolly at Obi Valley bushfire, Schultz Road, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
66/95Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
67/95Incident Controller Rachel Connolly at Obi Valley bushfire, Schultz Road, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
68/95Obi Valley bushfire, Schultz Road, Witta, looking North direction. Picture: Patrick Woods.
69/95A property destroyed by a bushfire near Tara, Queensland, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Fire fighters have been battling multiple bushfire in Queensland and NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
70/95Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
71/95Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
72/95Keralpa firefighter Steve De Ver (left) at Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
73/95Obi Valley bushfire, Schultz Road, Witta, looking North direction. Picture: Patrick Woods.
74/95Obi Valley bushfire, Schultz Road, Witta, looking North direction. Picture: Patrick Woods.
75/95A fire bombing helicopter lands in Tara, Queensland, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Fire fighters have been battling multiple bushfire in Queensland and NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
76/95A property destroyed by a bushfire near Tara, Queensland, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Fire fighters have been battling multiple bushfire in Queensland and NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
77/95A property destroyed by a bushfire near Tara, Queensland, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Fire fighters have been battling multiple bushfire in Queensland and NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
78/95Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Palmwoods Rural Firefighters. Picture: Patrick Woods.
79/95Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
80/95Obi Valley bushfire, Schultz Road, Witta, looking North direction. Picture: Patrick Woods.
81/95Firefighters are battling a large bushfire at Obi Obi, with residents told at 4.38pm on Tuesday to prepare to leave.
82/95Incident Controller Rachel Connolly at Obi Valley bushfire, Schultz Road, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
83/95A burnt-out bus at a property destroyed by a bushfire near Tara, Queensland, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Fire fighters have been battling multiple bushfire in Queensland and NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
84/95A property destroyed by a bushfire near Tara, Queensland, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Fire fighters have been battling multiple bushfire in Queensland and NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
85/95Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Palmwoods Rural Firefighters. Picture: Patrick Woods.
86/95A fire bombing helicopter lands in Tara, Queensland, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Fire fighters have been battling multiple bushfire in Queensland and NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
87/95Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
88/95Obi Valley bushfire, Schultz Road, Witta, looking North direction. Picture: Patrick Woods.
89/95Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
90/95A property destroyed by a bushfire near Tara, Queensland, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Fire fighters have been battling multiple bushfire in Queensland and NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
91/95Obi Valley bushfire, Witta. Picture: Patrick Woods.
92/95Wallangarra bushfire from Facebook.
93/95A bushfire image. Picture Cathy Madelo
94/95A bushfire affected area near Tara, Queensland, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane. Fire fighters have been battling multiple bushfire in Queensland and NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
95/95A bushfire image. Picture Cathy Madelo
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