UPDATE: Please be advised the local fire ban currently declared in the Bulloo, Quilpie, Diamantina and Barcoo Local Government Areas has been cancelled.

UPDATE: Please be advised the local fire ban declared in the Boulia Local Government Area has been cancelled.

UPDATE: Please be advised the local fire ban declared in the Winton Local Government Area has been cancelled.

UPDATE: Please be advised the local fire ban declared in the Winton Local Government Area has been cancelled.

Queensland Fire Department (QFD) has extended a local fire ban for some Northern Region residents.

Update: Local fire bans cancelled for Northern Region residents

Update: Local fire ban cancelled for Northern region residents

UPDATE: Please be advised the local fire ban declared in the Ipswich City and Lockyer Valley Regional Local Government Areas has been cancelled from 2359 hrs on Sunday 6 September.

QFD has been working with the safety regulator and prosecutor since the incident and has today informed all relevant parties that QFD intends to plead guilty to the charge in the Work Health and Safety prosecution.