Fires
Kununurra: Bushfire at Lakeside
A bushfire continues to burn west towards Lakeside.
You can read DFES’ advice here:
West Kimberley: Five bushfires burning
Broome and Derby-West Kimberley shires have a total of five bushfires burning at present.
They are at:
- Great Northern Highway north-east of Willare Bridge Roadhouse
- Cape Leveque Road 15 kilometres south of Lombadina
- five kilometres south of Roebuck Plains Roadhouse
- 90 kilometres east of Roebuck Roadhouse
- Great Northern Highway between Bidyadanga Road and Fraser Downs Road.
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Bidyadanga: Bushfire alert
A bushfire is burning on the Great Northern Highway south of Broome, between Fraser Downs and Bidyadanga turnoffs.
You can read DFES’s advice here:
Lake Argyle Road: Bushfire alert
A bushfire is burning near Lake Argyle Road and Victoria Highway.
You can read DFES’ announcement here:
Roebuck Plains: Bushfire advice
A bushfire is burning on both sides of Great Norther Highway about 35km south of Roebuck Plains.
DFES warns drivers to be careful.
You can read DFES’ advice here:
Bushfire ‘all clear’
DFES has issued an “all clear” notice for a fire that burned along Great Northern Highway, 50km north of Sandfire.
‘Dob in an arsonist’ appeal
DFES is asking the public to watch out for people deliberately lighting bushfires.
“We have seen a recent increase in suspicious or deliberately lit bushfires in the Kimberley region,” DFES Superintendent Grant Pipe said.
“The work of just one arsonist can threaten lives, destroy homes and direct resources away from other emergencies.”
You can read a media release here: