RURAL Fire Service crews were working around the clock to control multiple bushfires blazing across the Northern Rivers.

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21st Sept. 2011 1:09 PM

YAMANTO residents believe a cigarette butt started a fire on a vacant lot next to Warwick Rd.

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21st Sept. 2011 2:09 AM

FIRE wardens are putting the freeze on permitted burns as they count down to predicted showers.

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21st Sept. 2011 2:09 AM

FIREFIGHTERS are continuing to carry out controlled burns across the region, in what is shaping as potentially one of the...

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20th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM

FIREFIGHTERS battled through another hot, dry day to bring two large grassfires under control south of Ipswich.

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20th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM

ACCORDING to Rural Fire Service district manager Stuart Watts, higher temperatures, drying conditions and smoke-filled...

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20th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM

LOCAL firefighters are braced for a hectic bushfire season after what has been the driest start to spring in eight...

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19th Sept. 2011 2:09 PM

TWO water-bombing choppers had to be called in yesterday after a bushfire came within half a kilometre of houses at...

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17th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM

IT takes a lot of courage to battle blazes and now thanks to new protective clothing, Toowoomba firies will be ready to...

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16th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM

FIREFIGHTERS are on the scene of a grass and tyre fire in an industrial area at New Chum.

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15th Sept. 2011 1:09 PM