Fire Update 10.50am 22 Oct

The latest situation with the fires:

Southern End of Wallers Road

No visible activity but probably some pockets of fire, however the situation with the Northern End fire eliminates any hope that this might bring.

Northern End of Wallers Road

The fire has started up again, just starting to run in the grass mid-morning.  Because of the extent and location of the fire front it is not possible to fight it.  In any case the weather forecast for this afternoon would be likely to make this impossible.  This fire can be expected to join up with the burned areas in the Southern End, even if they do not flare up again.

Ergon-Long and Pascoe Fire - Northern End of Seventeen Mile Road

Ergon has brought in fire-fighting teams from Private Forestry Services Queensland.  They did not do the light-up of the entire block on the Ergon-Long land last night because the rain dampened down the fire and precluded lighting up other areas. The team will continue today and tomorrow to burn this area to block the movement of the fire to the south and west.

The containment line to the east of the Pascoe block appears to have held during the night and is being monitored today

Weather Forecast

The weather forecast for Amberley is:
between 2 and 4pm this afternoon - 35 degC, 16% Relative Humidity, WSW wind at 35km/h
around 10pm tonight - 64% RH, SE wind at 35-50km/h