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.
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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.
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