Residents remain cut off from Queensland town as bushfire rages

Residents of a rural Queensland town remain cut off from their community as a bushfire rages nearby.

Dirranbandi was evacuated last night due to the blaze, which came several hundred metres from properties.

A fire that sparked in the early afternoon soon turned into a potentially deadly blaze with winds fanning it towards the town of 700.

Rural firefighters were recruited from surrounding towns and interstate, while locals used their own machinery in an effort to keep the fire at bay as it approached from two directions.

“We saw that peak in fire activity where there was an immediate risk to life and property,” Rural Fire Service Queensland acting chief officer Ben Millington said.

The evacuation order remained in place this morning as Mayor Samantha O’Toole addressed residents.

“We’re not completely out of the woods as far as the fire is concerned,” O’Toole said.

Locals who had remained in the town were left cut off.

“We’ve got no fuel, no food, no power, no cold water and no electricity,” one resident said.

Premier David Crisafulli said resources would be sent to the community in an effort to support residents.