Residents flee for their lives as emergency warning is issued after massive out of control bushfire jumps containment lines south of Perth
- An out of control bushfire has jumped containment lines and poses great threat
- Residents have been warned to leave as their lives and homes are in danger
- The fire that’s burnt 10,000 hectares is expected to worsen in critical weather
A bushfire burning south-east of Perth has been upgraded to an emergency warning level after the blaze jumped containment lines.
Residents are encouraged to leave for a safer place if the way is clear, as the fire, burning in the Stirling Range National Park, is moving east.
Emergency WA says lives and homes in the area are under threat as conditions are constantly changing.
Residents are fleeing for their lives in Southeast Perth as a massive out of control bushfire has jumped containment lines (above)
The devastating fire has burnt 10,000 hectares and is moving in a westerly direction posing a great threat to residents and their homes
A lightning strike sparked the blaze, which has already burnt more than 10,000 hectares of scrub.
An emergency warning had been issued for the fire on Saturday night but was downgraded on Sunday morning.
As a result, an evacuation centre at the Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre was closed, although another at the Gnowangerup Sports Complex remains open.
About 20 Parks and Wildlife Service firefighters are working to strengthen containment lines.
Another flame spread over containment lines at a mine site in regional WA has prompted a Watch and Act alert in the Shire of Coolgardie.
There is a possible threat to lives and homes as a fire is approaching and conditions are changing.
The blaze has caused the closure of the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway between Norseman and Coolgardie.
The fire has burnt 148,000 hectares and is moving in a westerly direction.
A lightning strike sparked the out of control blaze in the Stirling Range National Park, which is moving east
A tornado made of fire tore through bushland outside of Perth. Footage showed the flames burning close to the ground outside the Western Australian capital just ten days ago
Residents and holidaymakers have also been warned to leave the state of Victoria as the 142 new fires have started since Friday.
Victoria’s Emergency Management commissioner Andrew Crisp warned that more than 30,000 people in the popular tourist region are at risk.
Whilst on Sunday afternoon a total of 95 fires were burning in NSW, with 48 not contained.
Severe fire danger ratings are in place on Monday for the southern Riverina, the southern slopes, the Monaro alpine region, the southern ranges and the far south coast.
Bushfires have destroyed more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) in five states since September and eight deaths have been linked to the blazes.
A total fire ban is in place for the Mallee district in Victoria’s northwest on Sunday, with the ban extending to the entire state on Monday. Popular Falls festival has been cancelled due to the fires
Gospers Mountain fire pictured was just one of Almost 110 fires which were burning in NSW on Saturday, including large blazes ringing Sydney at Green Wattle Creek