The Independent: Residents told it's 'too late to leave' as wildfire in Western Australia triples in size [View all]

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Residents told it’s ‘too late to leave’ as wildfire in Western Australia triples in size
‘Fire has impacted evacuation routes and leaving now will put your life in danger,’ emergency services warn townsfolk

Shweta Sharma
Friday 29 November 2024 10:08 GMT

A string of coastal communities in Western Australia have been warned it is “too late to leave” as raging bushfires cut off towns and evacuations roads.

Emergency warnings remain in place for communities in Wedge Island, Grey, Cervantes, Nambung, and Cooljarlo, but the residents have no way to get out.

An out-of-control fire, whipped up by dry winds, has laid waste to more than 73,000 hectares of bushland over the past four days.

But a warning issued by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services for Cervantes, Cooljarloo and Nambung on Friday read: “Too late to leave.”

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