Midge Point residents shocked after tap water turns black in Queensland town trends now

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An Australian town was left without drinkable water after firefighting efforts turned the usual water supply black and brown.

Residents were shocked to find the heavily discoloured water flowing when they turned on their taps at Midge Point, north of Mackay in North Queensland, this week.

One mum refused to bathe her baby in the water, despite the local council claiming it was safe to do so.

'It’s been like this for two days now. I have a baby who I will not bathe in this,' the mum wrote on social media.