Queensland Fire Department, Toowoomba Regional Council battle slow-moving grass fire heading up Toowoomba Range

Queensland Fire Department crews and Toowoomba Regional Council staff are working to stop a fire burning near Table Top Mountain.

Fire crews are working to contain a slow-moving grass fire at Table Top Mountain. Photo: Judy Jannusch.

Queensland Fire Department crews and Toowoomba Regional Council staff are working to contain a fire burning on the Toowoomba Escarpment.

A QFD spokesman said the fire started as a controlled, hazard reduction burn that got away from the landowner, shortly after 12pm on Wednesday.

It is burning in a hard-to-reach section of the Toowoomba Range, off Tabletop Drive.

Six QFD crews are on scene, supported by a TRC staff on a thrasher.

They are working to cut a fire break.

There is no immediate threat to property.

Instead the fire is described as “slow-moving” and travelling west, up the escarpment.

Originally published as Queensland Fire Department, Toowoomba Regional Council battle slow-moving grass fire heading up Toowoomba Range