An unpredictable bushfire has taken hold in Perth’s southern suburbs.
Phil Hickey
A bushfire has been downgraded to watch and act just hours after residents were told to evacuate.
Hannah Cross
Arson investigators are currently investigating the cause of a bushfire that continues to rage across WA’s South West, threatening lives and homes.
An emergency bushfire warning has expanded as authorities desperately work to save lives and homes in the South West.
Tim Clarke and Caleb Runciman
Peak-hour commuters are being urged to drive with caution as firefighters work to douse a bushfire burning dangerously close to homes.
A raging bushfire is causing a headache for motorists in Perth’s southern suburbs, with commuters being diverted away from a major freeway.
More than 60 firefighters and two helicopters have been sent to WA’s South West in an attempt to stop an out-of-control bushfire.
Sean Van Der Wielen and Oliver Lane
People travelling on Eyre Highway and in southern parts of Balladonia — north-east of Esperance — are urged to evacuate as firefighters work to douse a raging bushfire.
Caleb Runciman
Perth school holiday rite of passage Adventure World is in the middle of a bushfire warning area after a fire started in Bibra Lake on Tuesday.
Firefighters are preparing for the most dangerous bushfire conditions in almost two years as the State continues to grapple with an extreme heat wave.
Residents in Perth’s north on Sunday afternoon fled their homes, as scorching temperatures fuelled an afternoon blaze on the edge of one of the city’s most prestigious golf clubs.
More than 40 firefighters are on the scene of a huge blaze in Esperance as a local high school and TAFE were evacuated on Tuesday afternoon.
More than a dozen firetrucks are at the scene of an industrial warehouse in Kwinana after a conveyor belt system went up in flames on Friday afternoon.
Multiple fires were burning out of control south of Perth, with a hazmat warning issued to some residents.
Rachel Fenner
Fire crews are battling a blaze in Perth’s southern suburbs, with warnings of a possible threat to lives and homes.
A bushfire north-east of Albany has been downgraded to watch and act with the Department of Fire and Emergency Services warning that it is not yet safe to return to the area.
Cameron Newbold
A bushfire in Casuarina has been downgraded to an advice level after it sparked near the prison.
Claire Sadler
An out of control bushfire in Bornholm, about 30km west of Albany, has been contained thanks to the efforts of aerial support and 45 career and volunteer firefighters.
Eliza Kavanagh
Parts of the Wongan Hills townsite are being told to evacuate as fire threatens the small Wheatbelt town.
Just as firefighters were getting the ferocious blazes across Gingin and Bindoon under control, extreme weather is threatening flare-ups in the fire zone and renewed emergency warnings.
Authorities have confirmed the bushfire raging near Bindoon has destroyed two homes, as they downgrade the fire and revealed lightning was the likely cause of the blaze.
Caleb Runciman and Claire Sadler
Three weeks after moving into his new property in Lennard Brook, Nationals MP Martin Aldridge was defending it from a ferocious blaze that claimed a majority of the 40-acre block.
Anna Cox
Residents northeast of Perth are bracing for the worst as a devastating bushfire has claimed properties and is encroaching on the town of Gingin.
Jake Dietsch
A bushfire is threatening lives and homes north of Perth, with those in the affected area urged to act immediately to survive.
