Firefighters are continuing to battle a series of bushfires sparked by lighting across a huge section of the state's south overnight.
Other bushfires have burned closed to Great Eastern Highway and Eyre Highway in the Goldfields
At least 20 fires started in the Great Southern, Goldfields and Esperance on Tuesday afternoon when severe thunderstorms hit the region.At its peak yesterday afternoon an Emergency Warning was issued for a bushfire near Ravensthorpe.A separate watch and act is in place for a bushfire in the Shire of Coolgardie.
The largest fire, to the east of Ravensthorpe, has burned through more than 12,000 hectares of bushland.
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