Firefighters in Western Australia get upper hand on several bushfires


  • World
  • Sunday, 07 Feb 2021

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Firefighters in Western Australia got under control six fires in the state's southwest that authorities said on Sunday were most likely deliberately lit, while rain helped to contain a weeklong blaze that destroyed 86 homes in the hills of Perth.

The state's Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) said all of the suspicious blazes, now under investigation, started around the same time on Saturday evening and were close to each other.

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