At least one home has been lost and three people have been rescued, as fire conditions in some parts of Queensland reach "catastrophic" levels.
More than 50 fires are raging across the state, as firefighters battle the most severe fire conditions they've seen for the month of September in six years. Meanwhile, emergency services declared fire warnings across Northern New South Wales with at least three properties destroyed. Image: News Corp Australia
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