The risk to lives and properties posed by widespread Queensland bushfires has eased, with warnings downgraded and some residents told they can return home.
However, more than 80 bushfires continue to burn across the state on Sunday afternoon, with six watch and act alerts active.
Police made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act on Saturday night as a fast-moving fire threatened the Sunshine Coast towns of Landsborough and Beerwah.
All residents in the area were advised to evacuate immediately before the declaration was revoked about three hours later as properties were no longer deemed under threat.
A blaze continues to burn at Tara, where one person was killed and 32 homes lost in several Western Downs fires.
Multiple watch and act warnings remain in place for at-risk residents, with some told to prepare to leave if they haven’t already.
Others to the east of the warning area have been told they can now return with caution.
“The fire near Ravens Road is now burning in containment lines,” an alert said.
Warnings for bushfires at Farleigh near Mackay, Chinchilla and Miles, Ellesmere near Brooklands, Tinaroo near Mareeba have been cancelled as condition ease.
Residents are being told to avoid smoke in Mundubbera, Gayndah, Coalstoun Lakes, Biggenden and surrounding areas.
The same advice has been issued for people near fires at Lakeland near Cooktown, Mutchilba near Mareeba, Durong near Kingaroy and Fernvale.
The downgraded warnings come after a man was airlifted to hospital on Saturday afternoon after suffering burns to his his upper body and face while trying to contain a fire in the North Burnett region.
The man in his 50s, is believed to have been using a grader to help clear a fire break on a neighbour’s property when the flames came too close.
