Fires threaten homes in Warrigal Estate and Augusta-Margaret River shire amid scorching weather
Photograph: Sean Blocksidge/EPAPhotograph: Sean Blocksidge/EPAwith emergency warnings issued for blazes east of Perth and in the state’s south-west.hills, firefighters were battling to save homes in Warrigal Estate in the early hours of Monday after any residents still there were told it was too late to leave.
“Leaving now would be deadly,” the Department of Fire and Emergency Services said as it issued an emergency warning. The warning covers people and homes in the area bounded by Government Road, Old Northam Road, Lilydale Road and Needham Road in parts of Wooroloo, Chidlow and Gidgegannup.
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