THE danger from large grassfires has eased in Queensland, but much of the state remains covered by a thick blanket of smoke.
Crews have contained the northern side of a big burn on the Centenary Highway at Ipswich, where Staines Memorial College was evacuated as a precaution on Tuesday afternoon.
Firefighters will patrol the area while crews continue to battle the southern part of the fire.
At the height of the operation about 55 fire units, including two water-bombing aircraft, worked on the blaze, although no properties were under threat.
More than 60 fires are burning across Queensland, including on the Darling Downs and the Lockyer Valley, with suspicions that a number have been deliberately lit.
Police at Kingaroy west of Brisbane are investigating a number of fires that were deliberately lit in the area in the past week.
Firefighters are telling people southeast of Three Mile Road and Tin Mine Road, at Crows Nest, to prepare for an approaching bushfire.
A large blaze travelling in a north-westerly direction is expected to sweep through the area in the next 24 hours.
In central Queensland multiple fire crews are fighting a grassfire on Ohl Road and the Capricorn Highway at Gogango, southwest of Rockhampton.
A large blaze is burning on Dollarbird Drive at Tamborine, in the Gold Coast hinterland. Residents of Georgina Drive, Steele Road and Pine View Road at Logan Village have been advised to monitor their properties.
However, a fire weather alert for parts of Queensland has been cancelled.
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