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National
Melissa Meehan

Multiple bushfires burning across Queensland

Residents in several parts of Queensland have been urged to evacuate immediately as fires approach. (Patrick Hamilton/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Bushfires are burning across much of Queensland as the state swelters through its hottest day of the year.

Temperatures hit 40C in parts of the state as residents north of Tara, about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane, have been urged to evacuate immediately as a large, fast-moving fire travels in multiple directions.

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