Aussie sand islanders flee from bushfire
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Residents of a coastal township on Australia鈥檚 World Heritage-listed Fraser Island were told to evacuate yesterday as a bushfire approached.
Since it was sparked by an illegal campfire seven weeks ago, the blaze has blackened half the island off Australia鈥檚 north eastern coast.
Fraser Islands is part of the Great Barrier Reef and famed for its tropical rainforest on sand dunes, and inland lakes.
鈥淲e now don鈥檛 anticipate that that fire will run into the Happy Valley settlement today but we鈥檒l continue to work hard,鈥 Queensland state emergency services commissioner Greg Leach said.
鈥淲e will continue to have aircraft on the fire from first light tomorrow to try and knock that fire down as best we can.鈥
Queensland鈥檚 emergency services urged residents to evacuate late yesterday afternoon.
Baking temperatures across Queensland last week caused peak bushfire conditions, with emergency services currently attending to 48 fires, Leach said.
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