Friday afternoon last big test as Gingin fires expected to burn for days
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Friday afternoon last big test as Gingin fires expected to burn for days
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A bushfire that has been burning for six days already north of Perth is likely to burn for another five days with Friday afternoon to be the “last big test”, the incident controller has said.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services’ Sven Andersen said Gingin residents were now being allowed back to homes in Seaview Park and Ocean Farms Estate, where the fire came within 1 kilometre of homes before firefighters beat it back.
Bushfire emergency still posing significant risk north of Perth as properties saved
By Amy Johnston
WedWednesday 6
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A pine plantation was engulfed in flames near Red Gully.
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Properties north of Perth have been saved from an out-of-control bushfire but an emergency warning remains in place for a number of communities.
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But authorities say there has been no major property damage so far
Hot weather and gusty winds have been forecast for the next few days
The fire in the shires of Gingin and Dandaragan has burnt through 9,500 hectares of land since it began on Saturday, along a 102 kilometre perimeter.
Residents north of Perth dare to hope after firefighters keep massive bushfire at bay
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On Tuesday night it looked like homes in two small settlements near Lancelin, about 140 kilometres north of Perth, would be overrun by a massive bushfire burning for four days already.
But thanks to the efforts of about 200 firefighters, those houses are still standing.
Homes in the Ocean Farm Estate were under imminent treat of the fire.
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About 200 volunteer and career firefighters worked around the clock to stop the fire front as air tankers dropped several thousand litres worth of retardant on the southern flank of the blaze, which had razed 9400 hectares of bushland.
Australia s extreme weather has been on full display, with incessant rain in Queensland, wild storms in New South Wales and with raging bushfires in Western Australia.
A blaze which began accidentally in Red Gully, north of Perth, on Saturday has since has burnt through more than 9,000 hectares of land.
Many residents have been forced out of their homes across the Ocean Farms Estate and Seaview areas after the fire jumped containment lines. People have been advised to evacuate their homes as quickly as they can.
The emergency warning in Western Australia covers parts of Regans Ford, Cowalla, Moore River National Park, Nilgen, Mimegarra, Wedge Island, Karakin, Orange Springs and Lancelin, according to the ABC.