SYDNEY: Authorities on Thursday morning issued an emergency warning for a life-threatening bushfire burning near the Perth Airport in Western Australia (WA).
A warning issued shortly before 6 a.m. local time by the WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) said that residents in the Kalamunda region, 15 km east of central Perth and 5 km from the city's international airport, should leave immediately.
The DFES said that an out-of-control bushfire moving in a northerly direction posed a threat to lives and homes and that residents need to act immediately to survive.
It said that people in the affected area should leave in a westerly direction if it is safe to do so, reports Xinhua news agency.