Residents in Mount Beppo, west of Brisbane, are being urged to leave their homes or enact bushfire survival plans amidst a worsening bushfire in the area.
Twenty-five crews are working to control a large and fast-moving blaze travelling east from Mount Beppo near the Brisbane Valley Highway towards the Somerset Dam region.
It is expected to impact Cressbrook, Mount Beppo, Fulham Vale and Caboonbah.
Brisbane Valley High is closed between Esk and Toogoolawah.
Waterbombing is underway, while footage from the fire appears to show farm houses ablaze.
Toogoolawah resident Graeme Kuhn said the plume of smoke from the area was at least 30 metres high.
"I can see a big smoke ring, there seems to be two fires, but the big one started out to the west of Toogoolawah," Mr Kuhn said.
"It's been going since just after lunch I'd say, I came in from Kilcoy and I saw the smoke and the next minute it was really intense.
"There's mostly farmhouses down there, many 40-acre blocks."
