Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll announced on Tuesday that Taskforce Overcross would investigate at least eight suspicious bushfires which had started during the past week.

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It came after police announced last week that Taskforce Vulcan – a police, fire service and parks and wildlife operation established in 2012 to target arsonists – had not been operating for two years and had been scrapped and merged into the everyday responsibilities of detectives.

The blazes under the microscope of the new taskforce included those burning at Geebung in Brisbane's north, Stanthorpe near the New South Wales border and others in central and south-east Queensland.

"Some of the behaviour has been unfortunately reckless and other behaviour has been purposeful," Commissioner Carroll said.

"Some of the fires have involved children playing and obviously the consequences are dire as a result of that and, as I said, some of them have been purposeful and malicious.

"Some fires have just clearly gotten away from kids thinking they are having fun. As I said, there has been reckless and purposeful behaviour by others."

Those who deliberately light a fire that results in death can carry a penalty of life imprisonment.

Two 14-year-old girls have been arrested in relation to an allegedly deliberately lit fire in bushland at Ormeau on the Gold Coast on Tuesday morning, which was quickly extinguished.

A 12-year-old boy will be dealt with under the Youth Justice Act after he allegedly lit a fire that destroyed bushland and part of a Logan City Council storage facility at Woodridge on Monday.

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On Monday, police identified five children as the alleged culprits as part of an investigation into several alleged deliberately lit fires in the Gold Coast suburb of Pimpama.

Investigators spoke to three boys – aged 9, 10 and 11 – about the fires and two older boys will be dealt with under the Youth Justice Act.

In addition, a man will face court in relation to a fire at Mount Archer, in the Somerset Region north-west of Brisbane, after a tip-off from a member of the public.

A 63-year-old Lakes Creek man was issued with a notice to appear at the Rockhampton Magistrates Court on October 8 for the offence of lighting an unauthorised fire.

Photographer Mike Swaine, whose images were published on the Aerostock Facebook page, captured the out-of-control Peregian Springs bushfires as it tore through the Sunshine Coast on Monday.

"Watching this made my heart sink, the entire sky was red with fireballs. The thought of the families losing their homes, and all the wildlife, who would likely have young, not able to escape," he said.

Acting Premier Jackie Trad said more than 80 fires were still raging throughout the state on Tuesday.

"We are experiencing dry, hot conditions, low humidity levels and high winds, which we are expecting to see pick up later today and will present ongoing challenges," she said.

"The fact that the damage and injury were so little [on the Sunshine Coast] was because of the Herculean effort of those firefighters last night and I do want to commend them all for their efforts.

"As I said before, it was nothing short of a miracle when you consider the ember storm that was engulfing those communities and how unpredictable and quickly that fire emerged late yesterday."

Bureau of Meteorology weather services manager Richard Wardle said it was hoped Wednesday and Thursday would bring some respite for firefighters as winds died down.

"But unfortunately, the long-term outlook is that we expected above-average temperatures for Friday and Saturday, so we expect to see those very high fire danger ratings continue or return at the end of the week," Dr Wardle said.