Authorities hoping calmer conditions will help ease Queensland fires

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Calmer conditions may help firefighters gain the upper hand as they battle more than 50 bushfires across Queensland but dangerous winds look set to return.

Queensland's bushfire threat has eased with authorities scrambling to get on the front foot before conditions worsen again later this week.

Crews are continuing to fight three major fires across the state, including one that remains uncontained at Cobraball, southwest of Yeppoon in central Queensland.Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Assistant Commissioner Megan Stiffler says three homes were lost in that fire.The third major blaze is at Thornton in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane. The Thornton State School is closed on Monday.

 

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