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UPDATE 10.30AM: Firefighters have extinguished a fire that inside a three-bay shed at a private property south of Mackay this morning.
Emergency crews were called to the scene along the Bruce Highway at Clairview about 7.40am.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency Service spokeswoman said urban crews from Mackay and Sarina had put out the blaze just before 9am.
A Queensland Police Service spokesman said police were still at the property to continue investigations into how the fire started.
He said there were reports fuel tanks had “gone off” in the fire.
EARLIER 8.20AM: Firefighting crews are rushing to a large shed on fire at a private property south of Mackay.
Premium Content Forget Christmas in July - this Christmas we re rewinding back to July. And what a month it was, from businesses still experiencing pandemic woes, Whitsundays being earmarked for military bases and space stations and fresh Keswick Island disputes. Here s the top headlines in Mackay in July 2020. Mackay War Memorial Pool Community Action Group committee members (from left): Jane Conlon, Carol Single, Sue Willett and Graham Townsend with VC recipient Keith Payne (centre) at the front of the Memorial Swimming Centre which has just received state heritage listing. Picture: Heidi Petith MACKAY S oldest pool has been given a lifeline after being declared an official State Heritage listing.
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MOTORISTS are being urged to proceed with caution on a section of the Bruce Highway after a truck crash overnight.
A Queensland Police spokesman said a truck lost its tyre at Clairview about 4am, which caused an oil spill.
One lane that was blocked northbound due to the spill has since reopened.
No one was injured in the crash.
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WHILE some the shark-tooth predators lurking off the Mackay Whitsunday coastline travel great distances to Bali and New Caledonia, many of them like to stay closer to home. Laura, Shayna, Jon, Alan and Gareth are ordinary names but they belong to some of the creatures being tracked in our ocean to collect more data. A data-centric organisation built to help scientists collect previously unattainable data in the ocean has provided a rare insight into the movements of various sharks in our region. The satellite tracking website provides data on 16 tagged sharks in waters along the Whitsunday, Mackay and Isaac coasts including each shark s size, species and movements - including just how close they have come to our beaches and recreational areas.