CANBERRA: Hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to contain an out-of-control grass fire that is threatening lives and homes south of Adelaide in the state of South Australia.
The fire started near the small town of Tooperang, 50 km south of Adelaide, on Sunday afternoon, and had burned around 650 hectares of grass and scrub, said the Country Fire Service (CFS).
Residents of Tooperang and the nearby town of Nangkita were on Sunday night told to evacuate immediately, but the emergency warning was downgraded on Monday, with residents instead told to prepare to leave, Xinhua news agency reported.