Several Bracken Ridge homes have narrowly escaped damage on Sunday afternoon after a suspicious grass fire next to the Gateway Motorway.
The Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) was called to the first fire just after midday but soon after several spot fires were burning.
![A "suspicious" grass fire at Bracken Ridge threatened nearby homes on Sunday afternoon.](/web/20161109181835im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/j/5/9/f/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gsj59k.png/1478425504035.jpg)
A QFES spokesman was unable to say how many spot fires there were, but said the main concentration was near Schoolside Place.
It took at least seven crews more than five hours to extinguish the fires, with houses just metres away from the flames.
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Police said they were investigating the "suspicious" fire but added there were no reported evacuations, injuries or damage to nearby houses.
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