
SA on bushfire alert
Nine South Australian districts have severe bushfire warnings in place today as a burst of warm and windy weather, captured from the remnants of tropical cyclone Seroja, puts the state on high alert.
Nine South Australian districts have severe bushfire warnings in place today as a burst of warm and windy weather, captured from the remnants of tropical cyclone Seroja, puts the state on high alert.
More than 100 CFS firefighters and water-bombing aircraft worked into the night to control a grass fire near Eden Valley.
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South Australia’s Country Fire Service volunteer numbers have slowly declined every year since 2015 – but the CFS says the worrying trend has had no impact on firefighting capabilities and the nation’s bushfire crisis has prompted many new inquiries about joining up this season.
Two army helicopters will arrive on Kangaroo Island on Monday to ship in vital supplies to remote parts of the fire-ravaged island.
UPDATED | Properties have been lost, firefighters injured and more land blackened after a night of horrific conditions across the Kangaroo Island bushfires, but the emergency has eased.
UPDATED | Three emergency warnings are now in place for the bushfire-ravaged Kangaroo Island, with residents of Vivonne Bay and Parndana advised to leave their homes as authorities battle with severe conditions.