Smoke alert for south-west 1645 hours

Main areas expected to be affected in the south-west are between Augusta and Yallingup and east between Kirup and Manjimup. Several key roads are expected to be affected by a combination of smoke and fog including Stewart Road, Sues Road, Vasse Highway, Brockman Highway, Mowen Road, South Western Highway, Deeside Coast Road and Muir Highway.

Smoke alert for Warren region 1100 hours

Several key roads are expected to be affected by the mixture of smoke and heavy fog including Deeside Coast Road, Muir Highway and a section of the Southwest Highway near Quinninup.

Smoke alert for Margaret River and Busselton 1630 hours

The Department of Environment and Conservation advises there may be some haze in the Margaret River and Busselton areas this evening as a result of prescribed burns being conducted between Pemberton and Nannup.

State duty officer Murray Carter said a community protection burn of 550ha 25km south west of Manjimup had been carried out today and easterly winds were expected to push the smoke between Margaret River and Busselton.

Avon Valley - 1230 hours

Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) Perth Hills duty officer Kevin Pollock said a Sikorski helicopter, two helitacs and two fixed-wing water bombers extinguished the running fire before dark yesterday.

Gosnells - Orange Grove - 1200 hours

Gosnells - Orange Grove - 0600 hours

Pickering Brook-1630 hours

Crews from the Department of Environment and Conservation and local Shire of Kalamunda volunteer bush fire brigades brought the fire under control with the support of extensive aerial attack using fixed-wing water bombers and helitacs.

Ferndale 0800 hours

Yesterday and overnight, crews continued to successfully mop up the perimeter of a wildfire that had burned through nearly 1800 hectares of pine plantations and rural properties in the Ferndale area of the Blackwood Valley, south-west of Balingup.

Stable weather conditions and lower temperatures enabled crews to make good progress in consolidating the boundary without having to respond to any hopovers and breakouts.

Ferndale 1630 hours

Crews are continuing to mop up around the 25km perimeter of a bushfire that has burned through 1800 hectares of pine plantations and rural properties in the Ferndale area of the Blackwood Valley south-west of Balingup.

Department of Environment and Conservation Incident Controller John Tillman said stable weather conditions and lower temperatures today enabled crews to make good progress in consolidating the boundary without having to respond to hopovers and breakouts.

Ferndale Fire update - 0600 hours

DEC's Incident Controller Greg Mair said fire crews had been effective in mopping-up and containing a number of break-outs from the main fire, which yesterday had the local communities of Balingup and southwest of Greenbushes on alert.