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Laine Clark

More relief on way for bushfire-hit Queensland

Relief crews from Victoria and New Zealand and a cool change have helped firefighters in Queensland. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

More relief is on the way for Queenslanders hit hard by bushfires as blazes continue to burn across the state.

Showers have helped firefighters this week after they battled more than a thousand blazes in the past fortnight, prompting calls for reinforcements from Victoria and New Zealand.

There are 37 fires still burning in Queensland on Tuesday with the state's far north the main concern. 

People at Collins Wier and Rocky Bluff on the Atherton Tablelands have been issued "stay informed" warnings with 14 firefighting crews fighting blazes at nearby Herberton and Silver Valley.

Fire ravaged bushland
Many of Queensland's fire-ravaged areas have received significant rainfall.

The far north is largely expected to miss out as showers and storms in the state's central and southern inland areas spread west from Wednesday.

"Many of the fire areas in the southeast got some pretty decent rainfall over the weekend and Monday," a Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson said.

"It's given the fire crews time to get on top of the fires and get them under control."

The cool change and relief crews from Victoria and New Zealand have helped firefighters.

But the bureau warned high fire dangers were set to rise across inland Queensland from this weekend.

High fire dangers are current for central west, Maranoa and Channel Country with the latter forecast to rise to extreme on Thursday.

It's not just the weather providing some relief this week.

The federal and Queensland governments on Tuesday activated concessions for farmers and councils impacted by bushfires in the state's south.

Farmers in nine local government areas can apply for concessional interest rate loans and freight subsidies through the Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

Agriculture Minister Murray Watt
Murray Watt says $400,000 of emergency relief has been paid to Queensland fire victims so far.

Help is also available for 13 Queensland councils for counter-disaster initiatives such as firefighting and recovery operations.

"Both levels of government have worked together to activate a range of emergency payments for impacted residents, and I'm pleased to see around $400,000 already landing in Queensland pockets," Federal Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt said.

"The support for local councils also ensures the reimbursement of extraordinary costs associated with cleaning up and repairing essential public assets."

The state government said almost 400 large square bales of feed for livestock had already been delivered to fire-hit regions with another road train set to arrive on the Southern Downs on Tuesday.

The Agriculture and Fisheries Department are providing advice to farmers on their recovery options.

Farmers can also access disaster assistance loans up to $250,000 and freight assistance of up to $5000.

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