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What's the smokey smell? (aussie.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In St Lucia, the moment I stepped outside it smelt strongly of smoke. Are there hazard reduction burns going on?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Bushfires started early

On Thursday morning, smouldering bushfires near Flagstone and Beaudesert produced a thick smoke haze over Brisbane and placed residents near Muldoon at risk of moving from their homes.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/smoke-haze-from-950-hectare-bushfire-zone-covers-brisbane-20230928-p5e8ag.html

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Can't smell anything but looking south was a pretty gnarly looking smoke or cloud moving around.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Not sure but I recently found there are satellites monitoring for hotspots you can look at to see if there are fires nearby: https://firenorth.org.au/nafi3/

Click on "South QLD" in the sidebar then zoom in on the map. It's quite eye opening how many fires are burning across the state at any one time.