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).

Originally published as Police swarm Yarraman home of man covered in petrol