Man hospitalised after chicken house fire; fireys battle large grass blaze

Fire crews are working to douse a 40ha blaze in grassland near a rural Queensland road. Meanwhile, a man was hospitalised after a chicken house caught fire on the Sunshine Coast.

Fire crews were sent to separate jobs across the state. Photo (generic): Jorina Maureschat

Fire crews have rushed to fires in separate parts of the state, as one swallowed up several hectares of grassland and the other left a man suffering from smoke inhalation.

A Queensland Fire Department spokeswoman said crews were called to Taronga Railway Rd, Taronga about 12.20pm on Sunday following reports of a grass fire.

The spokeswoman said about 100 acres, or about 40ha, had been exposed to the fire, which had been controlled.

Twelve fire crews were sent to help contain the fire due its large area

No structures are at risk and paramedics are on standby for assistance, but no one has been treated.

In a separate incident, several reports regarding a fire at Steve Irwin Way in the Glass House Mountains came through about 11.30am.

The spokeswoman said the job had initially come through as a vehicle on fire, but had actually been a chicken house aflame surrounded by grass.

Crews had the fire contained within about 10 minutes and spent a bit of time mopping up.

A Queensland Ambulance spokesman said paramedics took a man in his 60s to Sunshine Coast University Hospital for potential smoke inhalation.

The man is in a stable condition.

Originally published as Man hospitalised after chicken house fire; fireys battle large grass blaze