As firefighters dampened down a bushfire in south-east Queensland, they heard what "sounded like a small child crying" before a baby deer emerged and walked into the arms of one of the rural brigade members.

The firefighters gave the fawn some water and took it to a local veterinary clinic. The rescuers from the Stanmore Rural Fire Brigade said it was great "to see something positive come from the utter devastation".

The orphaned fawn was found near Jimna in the Somerset Region last weekend. Credit:Stanmore Rural Fire Brigade Queensland

Fifty Queensland bushfires were still burning on Saturday morning, with 73 fire trucks on the frontlines and 35 water-bombing aircraft ready to support firefighters on the ground.

Two houses and eight rural buildings, such as sheds, were destroyed in the Millmerran area, 75 kilometres south-west of Toowoomba.