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Saturday, August 31, 6.10pm: A stable patient with a significant leg injury has been transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a vehicle and motorcycle crash on the corner of junction Road and Dandaloo Drive at Cootharaba at 2.31pm.

Friday, August 30, 1.25pm: One stable patient has been transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital after a ride-on mower incident on Cradle Mountain Drive at Crohamhurst at 11.51am.

Friday, August 30, 1pm: One stable patient has been transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a two-vehicle crash on Peregian Springs Drive at Peregian Springs at 11.57am.

A vehicle caught fire at Wurtulla. Photo: Stephen Spence Photography.

Friday, August 30, 12.05pm: Firefighters have extinguished a vehicle blaze on Nicklin Way at Wurtulla.

Smoke was reported billowing from a van at about 11am.

A Queensland Fire Department spokesperson said all occupants were out of the vehicle and safe by the time they arrived.

The fire was out by about 11.40am.

Friday, August 30, 9.30am: Emergency services were called to a three-vehicle accident on the Bruce Highway’s northbound lanes at Beerburrum about 8.30am.

A police spokeswoman said the right-hand northbound lane was blocked and police were directing traffic.

One person declined to be assessed by Queensland Ambulance and another with minor injuries declined transport to hospital.

The crash happened between the Steve Irwin Way and Pioneer Road, just south of the Glass House Mountains.

Friday, August 30, 8.15am: The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service will conduct a planned burn in the Great Sandy National Park- Cooloola Section today, weather permitting. As a result of the planned burn, smoke may be seen in the nearby areas around Mount Bilewilam.

Friday, August 30, 8am: Paramedics assessed five patients on scene at a multi-vehicle incident which involved a rollover on Kawana Way and the Sunshine Motorway at Buderim at 6.33pm last night.

Only one patient was transported to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition, all other patients declined transport.

Thursday, August 29, 7pm: One stable patient with a leg injury was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital after a tractor tyre exploded at a Landsborough workplace at 4.41pm.

The light plane ended upside-down after the incident. Picture: LifeFlight

Thursday, August 29, 3pm: Two men injured in a light plane crash at Coondoo, north of Kin Kin, have been airlifted to hospital.

A man in his 30s with leg and head injuries was flown by a Queensland Government rescue helicopter to the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, in a stable condition.

A Bundaberg-based LifeFlight helicopter was also tasked to the scene. A critical care doctor from the rescue service worked with local Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics to treat a second patient for a suspected leg fracture.

The patient, in their 20s, was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital for further treatment.

Emergency crews were deployed to the scene, near Stewart Road, about 11.30am.

The two men were the only occupants of the single-engine two-seater plane.

A LifeFlight media statement said it was believed the pilot was on a training flight exercise when the aircraft careered off the runway and landed in trees upside down at the end of the strip.

Thursday, August 29, 12.55pm: A stable patient was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a motorcycle crash on the corner of Musa Vale Road and Cooroy Belli Creek Road, west of Cooroy, at 11.10am.

Thursday, August 29, 12.25pm: Paramedics and a rescue helicopter have been deployed to reports of small aircraft crash near Stewart Road at Coondoo, north of Kin Kin, at 11.29am.

Thursday, August 29, 7.20am: A stable female patient suffered smoke inhalation and was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital after a house fire on Merlot Court, Buderim, at 6.37pm last night.

Wednesday, August 28, 1.50pm: Paramedics transported a stable patient to Nambour Hospital following a single motorcycle crash on Western Avenue, Montville, at 11.58am.

Wednesday, August 28, 11.30am: The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service will conduct a planned burn around the Coochin Creek Campground in the Beerwah State Forest between today and tomorrow, weather permitting.

Wednesday, August 28, 7am: No patients were assessed after a vehicle went into a wall on the Bruce Highway at Eerwah Vale, near Eumundi, at 5.34am.

Tuesday, August 27, 11.50am: Paramedics have transported a stable patient to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a vehicle and pedestrian incident on Spoonbill Street at Peregian Beach at 9.48am.

Tuesday, August 27, 7.30am: Paramedics were called to a structure fire on Farrell Street, Yandina, at 4.20am. No patients were reported.

Tuesday, August 27, 7.30am: Paramedics transported two patients, a male and female both in their 60s, to Sunshine Coast University Hospital with no reported injuries following a two-vehicle crash on Mooloolaba Road, Buderim, at 8.32pm last night.

Tuesday, August 27, 7.30am: Paramedics transported a stable female patient with chest pain to Nambour Hospital following a two-vehicle crash on Homestead Avenue, Tanawha, at 6.55pm last night.

Tuesday, August 27, 7am: A one-hectare section of Isabel Jordan Bushland Reserve, off Caloundra Road and Pathfinder Drive at Caloundra West, will undergo a planned burn today, weather permitting.

The burn, which is to reduce the volume of forest fuels and to maintain fire-adapted ecosystems, is part of Sunshine Coast Council’s Bushfire Management Program.

Monday, August 26, 9.20am: A serious crash, involving a truck and another vehicle, has occurred at Bli Bli. Read more here.

Sunday, August 25, 6.30pm: Paramedics have transported a stable patient to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a vehicle and e-scooter crash on William Street at Moffat Beach at 4.38pm.

Sunday, August 25, 11.40am: Paramedics have transported a stable patient to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a single motorcycle crash on Red Road at Beerburrum at 10.30am.

Sunday, August 25, 9.30am: Paramedics transported a stable male patient in his 20s to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a single-truck crash on Reserve Street, Pomona, at 10.29pm on Saturday.

Sunday, August 25, 9.30am: One stable patient was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a vehicle and motorcycle incident on David Low Way at Bli Bli at 5.02pm on Saturday.

Sunday, August 25, 9.30am: One stable patient with arm and facial burns was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital after a backyard fire incident at a private address at Beerwah at 4.05pm on Saturday.

Sunday, August 25, 9.30am: One stable patient with back pain was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a fall from a tree at a private address at Glass House Mountains at 12.53pm on Saturday.

Sunday, August 25, 9.30am: A patient in a stable condition was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a motorcycle crash on Lurnea Crescent, Mountain Creek, at 12.12pm on Saturday.

Sunday, August 25, 9.30am: A stable male patient in his teens with facial injuries was transported to Nambour Hospital following an e-scooter incident on Gumnut Court, Tewantin, at 8.26pm on Friday.

Sunday, August 25, 9.30am: A stable male patient in his 30s with facial injuries and neck pain was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital following a single-vehicle crash on the corner of Paulger Road and Eumundi Kenilworth Road near Kenilworth at 8.10pm on Friday.

Sunday, August 25, 9.30am: No patients were reported at a fire in a park on Petrie Park Road, Nambour, at 6.42pm on Friday.

Sunday, August 25, 9.30am: One stable female patient in her 40s with a shoulder injury was transported to Nambour Hospital following an incident with a horse at a private property at Pomona at 5.59pm on Friday.

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