NEWS.com.au | QLD bushfires: Statewide heatwave to pile on pressure NEWS.com.au EMERGENCY services have issued an emergency alert for North Stradbroke Island and told residents in two communities to leave immediately as bushfires intensify and temperatures soar past 40C in parts of the state. Queensland Fire and Emergency ... Sunday Fires: Heatwave piling pressure on firefighters Queensland fire crisis persists as south heats up Queensland bushfires: gusty winds and searing heat fan flames |