Residents in Western Australia to Evacuate as a Bushfire Threatened “Lives and Homes”

The government of Western Australia called on east Kwinana residents to evacuate on Sunday as an “out of control” bushfire threatened “lives and homes.”

It said the fire was reported on Sunday afternoon and had burned 70 hectares. The fire was “moving fast in a northerly direction at 800 meters per hour,” it said.

This footage was shared by Twitter user @taurokhun, and shows smoke rising from the fire and helicopters operating in the area.

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[ofngol]

A bus burning in the Philippines, killing two. Bushfires down under. Hello 2021.

[jamesdandy]

I thought California was the only place these wildfires were breaking out at

[GGLD]

So the Eastern states last year, western states this year, how democratic of the deep stste