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Updated: bushfire emergency at Kooralbyn
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UPDATE:  Stay informed - Knapp Creek and Kooralbyn - multiple fire warnings as at 9.19am Saturday, November 18.

Warning for properties between Knapp Creek Road and Kooralbyn Road.

A fire is burning near Stephens Place and moving towards it.

The Kooralbyn PSPA was revoked by police at 12.30am, Saturday November 18.

EARLIER: Not safe to return – Stephens Place (Kooralbyn) as of 8.33pm, Friday November 17.

Multiple warnings have been issued to residents at Kooralbyn as multiple firefighting crews battle to get several bushfires under control.

 The fire near Kooralbyn is still burning, travelling towards Stephens Place.

 QFES say if you left the area, it is not safe to return.

EARLIER: Prepare to Leave – Kooralbyn Road, Kooralbyn – multiple fires are burning in this area as of 7.04pm, Friday 17 November.

 A fast moving fire is burning in the Kooralbyn Road area.

 QFES report multiple warnings for this area and that 17 fire crews are fighting to keep the blaze from reaching houses and other residential structures.

 If you have a bushfire survival plan, follow it now.

 Prepare so you can leave quickly if the bushfire gets close.

 Firefighters are working to contain the fire and you should not expect a firefighter at your door.

 QFES said rural firie night crews are backburning firebreaks to stop the blaze from reaching properties.

UPDATE:  Watch and Act – Prepare to Leave is still in place for the area of the Kooralbyn township.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) report 14 rural fire crews are working to defend properties at risk as two separate wildfires burn alongside Kooralbyn Road.

 QFES report one 40 hectare blaze and one 15 hectare blaze out of control.

An emergency declaration has been announced by Queensland Police Service and people are told to avoid the area as roads have been closed.

EARLIER : A bushfire burning in the area of Kooralbyn Township has led to Kooralbyn Road being closed and anyone trying to enter Kooralbyn is being diverted to Tamrookum Hall as a place of safety.

Police have made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act in response, and fire fighters are working to get the blaze under control.

People in Kooralbyn within the road closure area are being directed to Kooralbyn Community Hall.

This includes school buses returning children to Kooralbyn.

 Support staff are on site at Tamrookum Hall.

People are advised to avoid the area and traffic diversions are in place as of 5.23pm, Friday 17 November.