Evacuation warnings for Ellenbrook have been lifted but an advice order remains.
Tegwen Bescoby
Firefighters were dispatched to the scene, where they managed to bring the fire down to an advice level.
Chloe Maher
A bushfire in WA’s south has been downgraded after threatening lives and homes in Millbridge and Waterloo in the Dardanup Shire near Bunbury.
Katherine Kraayvanger
Great Southern firefighter Chris Slade was among dozens of Australian crews who were deployed to Victoria earlier this year to help protect communities threatened by the catastrophic bushfires.
Amy Towers
Six volunteer bushfire brigades from across the Great Southern have received grants to help improve their services.
A bushfire near Bunbury has been downgraded to a watch and act level but a possible threat to lives and homes remains.
Back-burning is an essential tool in fighting large out-of-control fires, says longtime fire and environmental manager Greg Mair.
Greg Mair
Firefighters have contained the bushfire after people in the warning zone were told to act immediately to survive.
Firefighters have extinguished an out-of-control fire that was blazing through a paddock on Tindale Road in Kentdale, west of Denmark, and sparked a bushfire advice warning on Tuesday afternoon.
A bushfire in Edgewater and Joondalup has been downgraded this afternoon after a bushfire watch and act was issued for the suburbs in Perth’s north, next to Edith Cowan University and Lake Joondalup.
Calls for a closer look at fire management in Fitzgerald River National Park are growing, with a local conservation group pushing for an independent review of January’s bushfire.
A bushfire threat for people in the Shire of Mt Barker has been downgraded and a section of Albany Highway reopened, after crews contained a blaze that started on Wednesday afternoon.
Jacki Elezovich
Black cockatoo chicks have been found alive sheltering in tree hollows Fitzgerald River National Park, a rare bright spot amongst the habitat devastation caused by the recent bushfire.
A fire raging in Darlington, Helena Valley, and Boya has been downgraded to a watch and act, with a possible threat to lives and homes.
A bushfire watch and act has been issued for people living in an area of Forest Grove, less than 15 kilometres south of Margaret River.
Volunteer and career firefighters have been praised for their efforts in protecting lives and homes across a series of uncontrolled bushfires that threatened communities near Crossman last month.
‘Stay alert for potential dangers such as smoke and fallen trees and power poles.’
Jessica Evensen
Authorities confirmed there was no threat to lives or homes, but urged residents to watch for signs of a bushfire.
Locals have been urged to stay alert and continue monitoring their surroundings.
As the mammoth blaze in Fitzgerald River National Park was finally brought under control last week, park officials are taking in the massive toll the 172,000ha blaze had on the environment.
Melissa Sheil
A bushfire advice alert has been issued for parts of Byford and Cardup in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale but there is no immediate threat to lives or homes.
Caitlin Vinci
Motorists are urged to avoid the area.
Fire and emergency services attended the scene.
Residents in Ellenbrook whose homes were threatened in yesterday’s bushfire have been issued another watch and act warning as the blaze has broken containment lines.
