WA:Residents return home after WA bushfire

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2010
WA:Residents return home after WA bushfire

Residents in the suburb of Karnup .. south of Perth .. have been told it's safe to
return home .. after a bushfire threatened their homes overnight.

The Fire and Emergency Services Authority last night issued an emergency warning for
residents to act immediately as a devastating blaze approached.

At the bushfire's peak .. the authority advised people it was too late for them to
leave their homes either by car or on foot .. and taking shelter and actively defending
their home was the best chance of survival.

By this morning .. authorities announced the fire .. which has now burnt 350 hectares
in the area approximately 50km south of Perth .. was contained and under control .. and
it's now safe for them to return home.

AAP RTV jsj/psm/

KEYWORD: BUSHFIRE WA (PERTH)

� 2010 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.