Emergency-level bushfires across southern Western Australia are pushing firefighting services to their limits, while residents have struggled to access vital updates due to a failure of the official website and app.
An emergency warning was issued for parts of Chittering and Bindoon, less than 70 kilometres north of Perth. In Nambeelup, east of Mandurah, residents were urged to evacuate, with a centre established at the Murray Aquatic and Leisure Centre. That blaze was later downgraded to a watch and act alert at 4:20 p.m.
Meanwhile, about 250 firefighters are battling two separate emergency fires in the Midwest near Warradarge and Mogumber. At 5:45 p.m., DFES issued another emergency warning for a blaze burning in Boonanarring and Cullalla in the shires of Chittering and Gingin, with an evacuation centre set up at the Gingin Sports Centre.
Authorities say there are at least a dozen other fires at the watch and act level, with residents urged to prepare to leave or closely monitor conditions.
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