HEATWAVE: Six call for help as scorching conditions loom

AT LEAST six people have needed medical attention, as a scorching heatwave begins to bear down on Queensland and New South Wales.

The half-dozen in Queensland including a female in her 80s from Toowoomba, a boy in Rockhampton, and a female in her 50s in Rockhampton.

Ambulances were sent for each call-out, although it is unclear how many were taken to hospital for further treatment.

Read the Sunshine Coast Daily story - “HEATWAVE: Six call for help as scorching conditions loom.”