Update: Bushfire response, Coolum

The policing response due to a major bushfire at Coolum is continuing.

An EMERGENCY WARNING is now in place and residents on Arcoona Road and Yandina-Coolum Road are to leave the area now if the path is clear to do so.

The large, fast-moving fire is travelling in a south-westerly direction and is currently impacting Arcoona Road.

An emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act remains in place.

Yandina-Coolum Road is closed and so are many nearby streets.

Police are blocking access for vehicles as it is not safe to be in the area.

People leaving should do so via Doonan Bridge Road.

The Coolum Surf Club has been designed as a place of safety – those with horses can go to the Nambour Showground.