![]() ![]() It was subsequently downgraded again but authorities warned it was still to be contained. This fire was burning in a northwesterly direction towards Waterloo Bay and Wattle Point.Īn emergency warning was also declared for another fire on Yorke Peninsula with the blaze at Price flaring after initially being downgraded. ![]() In the latest emergency warning, the Country Fire Service urged everyone in Yorketown to take shelter as it was no longer safe to leave. ![]() There were no immediate reports of any injuries with the fire burning mostly in stubble as conditions in the area continually changed. The loss of property was yet to be confirmed but there were reports at least two houses had been destroyed in an area home to about 1000 people. The fire started close to homes on Wednesday as the state sweltered through catastrophic conditions with soaring temperatures and high winds. Houses and sheds are thought lost in a bushfire that was threatening lives on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula. ![]() Residents in northern Victoria will swelter through temperatures over 40C, and Emergency Management Victoria recommended regional populations move to their nearest city centres.Ĭode red signals the worst possible bushfire conditions and the safest place to be is away from high risk fire areas within those districts, the CFA advised.Īs a result of the predicted conditions, some schools and early childhood centres will be closed in some districts and community services may not be available.Īll public parks in the Code Red areas will be closed. Overnight temperatures are forecast to stay at 30C and northerly winds will hit high speeds to put the Mallee and the Northern Country districts on a code red alert. The record for the earliest date for such a record was 12 October 2004.Ī pre-summer heatwave has Victoria ready for code red bushfire conditions in the north as well as a state-wide total fire ban on Thursday. The Bureau of Meteorology said there had been multiple times when all mainland states had recorded temperatures of at least 40C. ![]()
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