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Firefighters have searched a Buderim unit for people as a precaution after a fire broke out in a carport.

Premium Content Subscriber only IN AN ironic case, emergency services have been called to rescue a cat from a tree. Just before 10pm on Thursday night, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services were called to Lowood with reports of a cat stuck in a tree. A QFES spokeswoman confirmed one crew attended the scene on Reinbotts Road. She said the cat was about 30 metres up a tree. "We used a ladder to get the cat and it was returned to the owner," she said. The spokeswoman said it was not uncommon for fire crews to respond to cats stuck in trees.

Premium Content Subscriber only THE sight of Suncorp Stadium under deluge is one forever etched in the mind of former Ipswich firefighter Brad Moore. While amazed at the surreal scene, it is that very moment which he said further highlighted the severity of Queensland's devastating 2010-11 floods. Now, one decade on and 25 years into his career, the QFES Acting Superintendent reflected on the event which forever changed the Sunshine State - and tragically claimed 33 lives. Mr Moore had only recently taken up rank as station officer at Brisbane's Roma Street prior to the floods. His home,...