Queensland is bracing for more power outages in coming days after 500,000 were left without electricity following an explosion at a major power plant.
The blaze at the coal-fired power station, now surrounded by a 550-metre exclusion zone, in central Queensland on Tuesday afternoon robbed the state of a major generator.
Emergency workers were waiting to get inside the Callide Power Station plant, near the town of Biloela last on Tuesday. All plant workers were evacuated and there are no reports on injuries so far.
Danny Donald from power company Energex says he's not sure the Queensland network has ever experienced an outage on a similar scale.