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Rainfall expected to ease bushfire in Australia’s west 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...

Perth Hills bushfire emergency warning zone shrinks as number of homes lost reaches 86 ThuThursday 4 updated FriFriday 5 FebFebruary 2021 at 1:26pm Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch 1 Share Print text only Cancel 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. Key points: The focus remains around Gidgegannup, Shady Hills estate and east Bullsbrook Authorities suspect a second blaz...

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 secon...

A heartbreaking photo taken by a firefighter moments after saving a property sums up the exhaustion felt by Australia's brave emergency service men and women currently battling the blazes in Perth.     Mick Dybac captured the raw black and white shot of fellow Daglish Senior Firefighter David Ellis after the pair managed to salvage a property from the devastating Wooroloo bushfire. The image personifies the weariness felt by firefighters who have endured the past four days of catastrophic fire, where almost 100 homes have been lost amid winds of almost 80kms per hour.    As Mr Ellis r...

Share on Twitter Fire retardant dropped from an air tanker has helped stop an out-of-control bushfire in Perth's northeast, but residents are still being told they are in immediate danger. The massive blaze with a 126km perimeter is moving in a northwesterly direction along the city's coastal plain after destroying 71 homes near the hills town of Wooroloo on Monday night. Residents in the suburbs of Shady Hills View and Bullsbrook - where the RAAF Base Pearce is located - have been told it is too late to leave. The DFES said people in or around Clenton Road and Berry Road at Gidge...