Homes & Farmland Destroyed As Fires Burn In South West WA

Fire continues to tear through the state's eastern Wheatbelt and south-west corner leaving a path of destruction.

Department of Fire and Emergency Services commissioner Darren Klemm said conditions were extremely challenging across bother areas.

“There’s still a lot of work to do on those fires,” he said. “There was a point yesterday with the fire in Bruce Rock where the fire was actually 35km long.“

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BUSHFIRE EMERGENCY WARNINGS:

A bushfire EMERGENCY WARNING remains in place for people in an area bounded by South Western Highway to the west, Hester-Cascades Road to the north, Bridgetown-Boyup Brook Road to the east, and Whittels Road and Henderson Road to the south, including the HESTER townsite, in parts of KANGAROO GULLY, HESTER, HESTER BROOK and BRIDGETOWN in the SHIRE OF BRIDGETOWN-GREENBUSHES.

• You are in danger and need to act immediately to survive. There is a threat to lives and homes.
• The fire started near the intersection of HESTER CASCADES RD and SOUTH WESTERN HWY in HESTER BROOK.

Bushfire EMERGENCY WARNING - bounded by Old Beverley Road, Carger Road, Ardath West Road and Rutherfords Road to the north, Kondinin-Narembeen Road and Williams-Kondinin Road to the east, Gnarming Road West and Yealering-Kunlin Road to the south, and Rabbit Proof Fence Road, Brookton-Corrigin Road and Bulyee-Quairading Road to the west in the SHIRE of QUAIRADING, BRUCE ROCK, KONDININ and KULIN. This includes the townsites of Corrigin, Kulin and Kondinin

• You are in danger and need to act immediately to survive. There is a threat to lives and homes.
•  The fire started near the intersection of YARDING SOUTH RD and JONES RD in SHACKLETON.

For people in this zone it is too late to leave.

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