Residents in coastal areas of Wedge Island, Grey, Cervantes, Nambung, and Cooljarloo are facing an emergency warning as a bushfire sweeps through evacuation points. About 40 residents in fishing villages have been told it is too late to leave and must seek immediate shelter to survive.
Residents in a series of coastal communities threatened by a bushfire have been told it’s too late to leave and they should find shelter as the fire burns through evacuation points.
“You are in danger and need to act immediately to survive,” the Department of Fire and Emergency Services said in an alert early on Friday.People in the seaside holiday town of Cervantes, about 200km north of Perth, have also been told it is too late to leave.“You need to identify a room in your home where you can shelter from the approaching fire.
Incident controller Damien Pumphrey on Thursday night described the fire as a fierce blaze and said a change in wind direction was fanning it towards the communities.“The fire currently has a 48km perimeter ... increasing the challenge for firefighters,” he told reporters.
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