This photo above taken by Justin Noonan and shared to fb shows the huge dark plume of smoke towering over the landscape from the out-of-control Emergency Warning Level fire at Rappville southwest of Casino.

At time of writing this, 5 of the fires in SE QLD/NE NSW have now reached emergency warning status (including one approaching Laidley and one SSW of Gatton as well as three in NE NSW).
The particles in the plumes from the fires are also clearly visible on radar.

I've just seen some more recent photos he took of the Rappville fire and they have to be seen to be believed. Hopefully he'll share them publicly soon.