Gracemere residents are returning home after fire conditions classed as catastrophic on Wednesday resulted in a rapid evacuation of the town, south of Rockhampton, while residents south of Mackay are describing their own fire emergency as like seeing "the door to hell".
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| Thousands of residents were forced to leave Gracemere on Wednesday. |
About 50 residents at Campwin Beach, on the Queensland coast south of Mackay, were forced to leave their homes at 2:00am today to seek shelter on other parts of the beach as a blaze threatened their homes.
Sarina Beach resident Vicky Crichton said she was woken by authorities telling her to evacuate her home.
Read the ABC News story - “Queensland bushfires continue to burn as residents start returning home.”
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