{"id":86725,"date":"2026-09-03T04:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/86725\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T04:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:08:12","slug":"fire-rips-through-falveys-sundowner-saloon-on-warrego-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/86725\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire rips through Falvey&#8217;s Sundowner Saloon on Warrego Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Fire has ripped through a landmark pub on the main highway between Brisbane and Toowoomba, and a worker at the scene has been treated for smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Falvey&#8217;s Sundowner Saloon, a bright pink pub on the Warrego Highway at Haigslea, was left with significant damage, including a partially collapsed roof, after the fire broke out at 8.30am.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"two firefighters stand in front of a pink hotel on fire\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/e2d500e8edb9b2f835893dacc4dcf182.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Firefighters work to contain the blaze. (ABC News: Dan McCray)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Queensland Fire Department Acting Inspector Dan Skellern said crews were met with thick black smoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;They went into action to confirm all occupants were accounted for,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A pink pub burning down. \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/e480a2064017cbe757792236811b6271.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Part of the roof collapsed during the fire. (ABC Southern Queensland: Dan McCray)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He said items including carpets and poker machines contributed to the fire load, with six fire vehicles and two specialist vehicles attending the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We had to allocate significant resources to combat the fire due to the fuel loads internally,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He said a staff member who was on site when the fire started was assessed for smoke inhalation after attempting to fight the fire before emergency crews arrived.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A male firefighter in a helmet stands infront of firetrucks. \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4f15f426401831a1c7b327c6b152c9e2.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Dan Skellern says a worker from inside the building was treated for smoke inhalation.\u00a0 (ABC Southern Queensland: Dan McCray)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Acting Inspector Skellern said the fire had been contained to the pub and had not spread to the adjoining bottle shop.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A firefighter holding a hose spraying on the fire\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/50e058044e82e002654c0753ee908bd0.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Firefighters had the blaze under control before 11am. (ABC Southern Queensland: Dan McCray)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A nearby petrol station was also evacuated as a precaution after toxic smoke began travelling towards the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Fuel supplies at the service station were isolated to remove any potential risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The cause of the fire is yet to be established.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire has ripped through a landmark pub on the main highway between Brisbane and Toowoomba, and a worker&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[99,144607,844,6540,4303,144606,22200],"class_list":["post-86725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brisbane","tag-brisbane","tag-falveys","tag-fire","tag-hotel","tag-pub","tag-sundowner","tag-warrego"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}