Two men have been arrested for trying to light in bushfire ravaged Queensland.
Two men have been accused of lighting fires in two separate occasions near Rockhampton amid the bushfire crisis in central Queensland.
State Disaster Coordinator Bob Gee warned that arson offences carry a hefty jail term as he told reporters a 27-year-old man had been taken into custody for attempting to light a fire at Port Curtis on Friday.
A 26-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for attempting to create a fire in Rockhampton, he said.
More than 100 bushfires continue to burn across Queensland a week after the crisis began, with communities on the central coast being warned the danger will stretch into next week.
Fire conditions will be slightly better on Friday than they were on the previous two days, but Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says heat wave conditions will persist for at least another four days.
“The whole of Queensland will experience this heatwave, so we’re not out of it yet and we’ve got a long way to go,” she told ABC television on Friday.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Katarina Carroll says crews have been confronted with high temperatures and “unimaginable” conditions.
“(But) due to all the proactive work conducted over the last several days, we have lost a minimal amount of houses, thankfully,” she said.
Two houses, two cabins and 15 sheds have been destroyed, with a further 14 homes damaged, since the crisis began on Saturday.
“This number could have easily been greater,” Ms Carroll said.
Ms Carroll says the extreme temperatures have also taken down 15 firefighters with heat stress, with more hot days forecast.
