The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Incident Centre at the Boonah Showgrounds is expected to wind down early next week.

And it is understood that the temporary logistics centre will be closed by Christmas.

The Centre, which manages everything from placement of firefighters at the fire fronts to on-ground accommodation for visiting interstate and international firefighters through to mapping and forecasting fire movement, was set up in early November.

While fire ratings for the district are again currently in the High to Very High Danger categories, tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday are expected to be the worst in the current fire weather ‘spike’ with humidity falling to as low as 9 percent and temperatures expected to exceed 40 degrees.

However all major fire grounds in the district are deemed to be under control with the Mt Barney National Park-Burnett’s Creek  bushfire now categorised as ‘burning within containment lines’.

This fire, which began 49 days ago from a lightning strike high on Double Peak above Burnett’s Creek, has burned through an area of land almost as large as North Stradbroke Island.

According to the mapping published by the NSW Rural Fire Service, the Mt Barney National Park-Burnett’s Creek bushfire has blackened a total of more than 25,300 hectares (over 62,500 acres) of land in Queensland and New South Wales.

In the last seven days, up to yesterday (Tuesday), the bushfire has burned through about 9,000 hectares (approximately 22,000 acres).

However, on Monday morning, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) declared that the bushfire was burning within containment lines in the Mt Barney National Park area, near Mt May, Mt Maroon, Mt Lindesay and Palen Creek. 

Last Wednesday, the Cunningham Highway re-opened after being closed to traffic from the intersection with Lake Moogerah Road to the top of the Gap for more than two weeks due to the bushfires.

However, a temporary barrier which was installed to create a buffer between motorists and damaged areas remains in place until permanent slope protection works have been completed. In those areas the speed limit is reduced to 50km/hr.

The Mt Lindesay Highway re-opened yesterday (Tuesday) between Rathdowney and the NSW Border but the speed limit along that route will remain at 50km/hr until repairs to the slopes are completed.

Lake Moogerah is again closed to all on-water activities as fire fighting aircraft and helicopters are again using it to draw water to bomb the fires. However, this is expected to change by the weekend, weather conditions permitting.