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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.
Key points:
- The fire has burnt through part of the Kwinana town rubbish tip
- The blaze has covered more than 230 hectares and the cause is unknown
- Follow the latest updates with ABC Emergency and EmergencyWA
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…
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