Total fire ban

The Gympie South Rural Fire Brigade have issued a warning that there is a total fire ban for the Gympie region.

The local fire ban begins from 12.01am Thursday morning 2 October until 11.59pm Friday 3 October.

Current permits to light fire are suspended from midnight Wednesday 1 October until further notice.

Under a local fire ban all open fires are prohibited and all Permits to Light Fire which have been issued in the designated areas have been suspended for the duration of the ban.

Please visit fire.qld.gov.au/firebans for more information and mapping on current restrictions and fire bans.

Please report all fires immediately to 000.

Stay safe.