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BOM Queensland radar shows thunderstorms as Fraser Island bushfire bears down on township

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A fire threatening a township on a Queensland island is about 400m away and will be bombarded by water-bombing aircraft in a morning operation.

Residents of The Oakes, about 1km south of Happy Valley on Fraser Island, were late Monday night told to leave via Eastern Beach as soon as possible.

“It’s extremely difficult conditions there on the ground, we do have to attack it from the air and the ground,” Queensland Fire and Emergency Services QFES co-ordinator Brian Cox told Sunrise on…



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