Wooroloo bushfires: Perth looks after those who have lost everything
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Perth has rallied to support victims of the Wooroloo bushfire with restaurants sending food to the front, hotels offering free accommodation and other people and businesses chipping everything from the practical to the weird and wonderful.
Cottesloe Beach Chalets is full with more than 100 evacuees.
âItâs our family business and because of the lockdown we had all our guests leave by Sunday . we had 25 empty motel rooms,â said Harry Davies.
âSeeing the news yesterday I saw a friend displaced by the fire so I rang Dad to see if we had any free rooms to offer. Luckily they had found accommodation by then but we had a chat and thought maybe we could help other families.
Fierce bushfire in Perth Hills is a ‘threat to lives’
OVERRIDE: People living in areas under a virus lockdown can disregard the orders to self-isolate and leave their homes if they believe they are in danger, authorities said
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An out-of-control bushfire burning in the Perth Hills that has already destroyed up to 30 homes is “extremely volatile” and an active “threat to lives and homes,” Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan has said.
A firefighting Boeing 737 aircraft from New South Wales (NSW) was flown west to assist with efforts to battle the blaze, which had ripped through 7,300 hectares by yesterday afternoon and triggered a smoke warning after ash fell in the Perth about 30km from the fire front.
Perthâs Australia Day fireworks cancelled, but light show, free family events still to go ahead
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Australia Day in Perth will look a little different this year, with the City of Perthâs fireworks display cancelled for only the second time in 35 years due to COVID-19 concerns.
Regional fireworks shows, however, are scheduled to go ahead, and the Swan River will be lit up during an evening lights display at Elizabeth Quay.
The lights and water show will tell the story of traditional land owners at 7.45pm and 9pm.