Adelaide Hills bushfires: Crews racing to contain blaze before high temperatures hit
Hundreds of firefighters are racing to contain a blaze burning out of control north-east of Adelaide, with temperatures set to soar today.
Authorities said more than 375 firefighters from South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales would work on securing the 240-kilometre perimeter of the bushfire that has already burnt more than 12,000 hectares.
The Country Fire Service (CFS) warned the next 48 hours would be crucial to firefighting efforts due to the higher temperatures.
“Today we will see easterly winds coming through and by mid-afternoon, 4:00pm, we’re going to be back to 36 degrees [Celsius],” CFS state coordinator Brenton Eden said.
“We’ve got to get through Tuesday and Wednesday and see no increase in the perimeter of this fire.”
Active fires in inaccessible terrain in the south-western corner and most southern point of the fire were causing the most concern for crews.
“We just do not want this fire to go any further south. It then starts to impact on a whole new scenario,” Mr Eden said.
The CFS has a record number of 31 aircraft at its disposal today, which will be dispersed across South Australia to manage the fire risk.
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