Emergency alert for Perth’s north in parts in Bullsbrook

ABC NEWS (Australia)

An emergency bushfire warning has been issued for parts of Bullsbrook in Perth’s north. The fire is moving fast in a south westerly direction and is out of control.

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00:00 Firefighters are still worried about this bushfire though.

00:05 That's because of its proximity to some homes here in Bulls Brook and then also it's right

00:10 next to Bulls Brook College here.

00:12 The fire started early this afternoon in some bush just behind the college and that was

00:17 quickly evacuated with hundreds of students and staff having to leave the school with

00:23 parents having to come pick up some of the children.

00:26 We spoke to one family just a little while ago.

00:30 There's a few neighbours that aren't home and aren't able to get home so we've got plans

00:36 in place to get their animals but other than that it's just pretty much waiting and seeing

00:41 whether or not we get told we have to leave and then we'll just leave in that case.

00:45 The box of all of our important documents and we've got water bottles already in the

00:49 fridge so it will just be taking that and just heading off.

00:52 So that family there picking up their three daughters.

00:56 You might be able to hear the helicopters above me.

00:59 There's at least seven aircraft that have been deployed to this bushfire as well as

01:04 more than 15 firefighting appliances as they try and get on top of it really quickly.

01:09 There's a heatwave on its way to Perth which isn't making things any easier for firefighters

01:15 but they are grateful that that weather system's not coming with extreme winds or any dry lightning

01:21 that might have otherwise created catastrophic fire conditions.

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