Firefighters are working to control a bushfire burning near Bullsbrook, in Perth’s north.
The fire started near the Tonkin Highway and Neaves Rd interchange, about 43 kilometres north of the city.
People look on as the fire burns close to structures. (ABC News )
It is burning near an alpaca farm and strawberry farm, a few kilometres west of the Bullsbrook town site.Â
There are unconfirmed reports of animals being impacted by the fire, and a shed being destroyed.
A shed appears to have been damaged in the blaze. (ABC News)
The fire was downgraded from an emergency warning about 3:40pm local time, after burning for more than two hours.
Locals who spoke to the ABC reported seeing “explosions” of black smoke believed to be caused by the electrical boxes which run the farm.
News helicopter footage shows plumes of white smoke rising from a field just metres from the fruit farm on Davidson St.
An aerial water bomber is helping fight the blaze. (ABC News: Bridget McArthur)
The smoke can be seen continuing to gush out from the swampy terrain as fire crews are trying to put out the fire.
At least five helicopters were deployed to help fight the fire, and several fire crews can be seen on the ground.
The bushfire is burning in a westerly direction.
DFES has described the Bullsbrook fire as erratic and unpredictable. (ABC News )
Neighbour Daphne Dhimitri said she was worried as the landscape was so dry.
Daphne Dhimitri (left) and Nicole Moran (right) live in the neighbourhood. (ABC News: Bridget McArthur)
“[The firefighters have been] brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. They’re right on top of it,” she said.
“It’s like continuous, continuous, continuous [water drops]. Hats off to them – they’ve done a wonderful job.”
An earlier emergency warning issued for a fire burning further south near Landsdale has also since been downgraded.
In that area, large plumes of black smoke were seen rising from the Gnangara pine plantation.
A large plume of white smoke is rising from the ground next to a road. (ABC News: Bridget McArthur)
People in suburban neighbourhoods east of that fire were urged to be aware of ember attacks from the blaze.
The temperature in Perth today was 30C.
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