Bushfire emergency for Aboriginal community in Perth's north-east
A fire that threatened lives and homes in the Aboriginal community of Cullacabardee on the outskirts of Perth has been downgraded.
An emergency warning was declared this evening after a fire began in scrubland near the community, about 22 kilometres north-east of Perth's CBD. Residents in the community — which has a population of less than 50 people — were told to leave their homes as embers blew close to doorsteps.
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