Threat from bushfire which hit town of Lucindale downgraded as firefighters monitor area

The Country Fire Service (CFS) says the threat posed by a huge grass fire which ripped through part of South Australia’s south-east has reduced.

The fire started early this afternoon in hot and windy conditions at Blackford near Mount Scott Conservation Park, not far from Kingston SE.

It quickly reached the town of Lucindale and burned at least 16,000 hectares.

Multiple emergency warnings were earlier issued and there are fears homes have been destroyed, but the threat level has since been downgraded.

An advice message for Blackford,…