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Warning level reduced to advice after evacuation
Warnings for a bushfire burning on Queensland’s Fraser Island have been downgraded to the advice level, as firefighters work to keep the blaze under control.
It comes after campers staying at Cathedrals on the island were ordered to evacuate the popular camping ground as a fierce fire moved from where it was burning north of Lake Bowarrady.
The blaze, which has been burning for a month, came within kilometres of the site on Cathedrals Beach.
The campsite is now closed.
According to most recent updates, a large bushfire near Lake Bowarrady is travelling south towards Happy Valley.
“People in the area will be affected by smoke, which will reduce visibility and air quality,” current warnings state.
“Properties are not under direct threat…
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