Kwinana bushfire in Perth enters second day with warning over rubbish tip fumes

Residents in Perth’s southern suburbs have been warned to try to avoid breathing toxic fumes from a smouldering rubbish dump, but the threat level of a bushfire that has been burning since yesterday has been downgraded.

A watch and act warning remains in place for suburbs in the City of Kwinana, including parts of The Spectacles, Orelia, Medina, Naval Base, Postans, Kwinana Beach and Hope Valley.

A possible threat to lives and homes remains in an area bounded by Anketell Road to the north, McLaughlan Road to the east, Summerton and Sulphur…