Wedge Island bushfire emergency continues as residents warned it is too late to leave

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Wedge Island bushfire emergency continues as residents warned it is too late to leave
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Residents have been told it is too late to leave their properties as an out-of-control bushfire cuts evacuation routes from a series of coastal communities north of Perth. An emergency warning is in place for parts of Wedge Island, Grey, Cervantes, Nambung and Cooljarloo in the Shire of Dandaragan in Western Australia.

Emergency warning as blaze burns north of Perth. It includes the coastal fishing villages of Wedge and Grey, about 170km north of Perth. “It is too late to leave,” the Department of Fire and Emergency Services said in an alert on Thursday. “Fire has impacted evacuation routes and leaving now will put your life in danger.” People in the town of Cervantes, about 200km north of the WA capital, have been told to evacuate.

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