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06 Feb 2021 A roadblock is manned at the Haddrill and Campersic Road as a bushfire in the Avon Ridge and Brigadoon area burns in Perth. File/Reuters
Firefighters battling a devastating bushfire that has destroyed 86 homes on the outskirts of Perth in Western Australia hope heavy rain forecast over the weekend will help douse the flames, state authorities said on Saturday.
Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in Perth, complicating a five-day lockdown imposed on Monday on the state capital after Western Australia detected its first coronavirus infection in 10 months.
Perth Hills bushfire emergency warning zone shrinks as number of homes lost reaches 86
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Another five homes have been confirmed lost in the bushfire emergency north-east of Perth, bringing the total to 86, after firefighters entered their fifth day battling the out-of-control blaze.
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The focus remains around Gidgegannup, Shady Hills estate and east Bullsbrook
Authorities suspect a second blaze nearby may have been deliberately lit
Damage assessment teams discovered the gutted homes overnight as they continued carrying out a secondary assessment of properties in the fire zone, parts of which reopened to residents this afternoon.
Perth Hills bushfire emergency warning zone shrinks as number of homes lost reaches 86 By Pamela Medlen, Amelia Searson and staff © Provided by ABC NEWS Senior firefighter David Ellis was photographed in front of a home he had just saved from the bushfire. (Facebook: DFES/Mick Dybac)
Another five homes have been confirmed lost in the bushfire emergency north-east of Perth, bringing the total to 86, after firefighters entered their fifth day battling the out-of-control blaze.
Damage assessment teams discovered the gutted homes overnight as they continued carrying out a secondary assessment of properties in the fire zone.
Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) Commissioner Darren Klemm said the additional properties would have been destroyed early in the fire.
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