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Flames ‘higher than rooftops’ as blaze threatens homes in Bullsbrook, WA

January 10, 2015

Flames ‘higher than rooftops’ as blaze threatens homes in Bullsbrook, WA

An out-of-control bushfire is raging in the Perth suburb of Bullsbrook with flames “higher than rooftops”, emergency services say.

Hundreds of firefighters are tackling the blaze, in the semi-rural area about 40 kilometres north-east of Perth.

The fire was reported at 9:20am and 5,500 hectares had been burned by 9:15pm.

The bushfire is moving at more than 2 kilometres per hour in a north-westerly direction.

It has jumped containment lines and is burning in the Gnangara Pine Plantation towards Wanneroo Road.

Ross Delaney from the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) said there are some areas where the fire is reigniting as fire crews try to move quickly to the front of the blaze.

“It’s very hot, very windy, the fire’s very fast moving and difficult to contain,” Mr Delaney said.

He said DFES is hoping that as the wind drops and humidity rises overnight firefighters will have a better chance of gaining control of the fire.

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Live: SA faces most dangerous day since Ash Wednesday as ‘incredibly dangerous’ bushfire burns NE of Adelaide; crews battle blazes in Victoria – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

January 2, 2015

Live: SA faces most dangerous day since Ash Wednesday as ‘incredibly dangerous’ bushfire burns NE of Adelaide; crews battle blazes in Victoria – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

Firefighters in South Australia and Victoria are battling out-of-control bushfires, with warnings today’s conditions in the Adelaide Hills are the worst since Ash Wednesday more than 30 years ago.

A huge bushfire at Sampson Flat in the Southern Mount Lofty Ranges north-east of Adelaide has already destroyed homes and is expected to turn south fanned by winds of up to 110 kilometres per hour. A major emergency has been declared.

Meanwhile, temperatures are forecast to reach above 40 degrees Celsius in Victoria, hampering conditions for firefighters battling a fire which is threatening Maroona in the state’s west.

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