More than 100 bushfires continue to burn across Queensland a week after the crisis began, with communities on the central coast being warned the danger will stretch into next week.
Fire conditions will be slightly better on Friday than they were on the previous two days, but Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says heat wave conditions will persist for at least another four days.
In fire affected communities, temperatures will reach beyond 30 degrees on Friday and over the weekend, before peaking on Monday.
Rockhampton, which has been ringed by major blazes, will get to 39 on Friday and 42 on Monday.
It's a similar story for other major centres near fire grounds, including Mackay, which will get to 36 on Friday and Monday, with 35 expected over the weekend.
The inland town of Longreach is headed for a record-setting peak in excess of 45 degrees on Sunday, the premier said.
"The whole of Queensland will experience this heatwave, so we're not out of it yet and we've got a long way to go," she told ABC television on Friday.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Katarina Carroll says crews have been confronted with high temperatures and "unimaginable" conditions.
"(But) due to all the proactive work conducted over the last several days, we have lost a minimal amount of houses, thankfully," she told reporters on Thursday.
The burnt remains of a house destroyed in a bushfire in Kabra, Queensland. Source: AAP
Two houses, two cabins and 15 sheds have been destroyed, with a further 14 homes damaged, since the crisis began on Saturday.
"This number could have easily been greater," she said.
Ms Carroll says the extreme temperatures have also taken down 15 firefighters with heat stress, with more hot days forecast.
Three blazes of significance continued to burn late on Thursday at Tinnanbar, south of Hervey Bay, Deepwater and North Stradbroke Island.
The small isolated community of Tinnanbar was cut off by bushfire and told to seek shelter as fire bombers and more than 20 fire crews fought the blaze.
Six other towns were ordered to pack up their valuables and evacuate as fires continue to rage in central Queensland.
Firefighters are battling 140 blazes in Queensland with severe heat making conditions difficult. Source: AAP/QFES
In the state's south, a blaze on the eastern side of North Stradbroke Island threatened campers and powerlines.
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a severe heatwave that began in the state's north to move south in coming days.
"Around Capricornia, up around MacKay and inland, it'll be very hot again, so we're talking temperatures getting well up into the mid to high 30s for a lot of places, maybe even touching 40 in the odd spot," meteorologist Rick Threlfall told AAP.
"The hot conditions will persist over the weekend and continue in the fire areas, and in fact spread to many other parts of the state."
