{"id":365135,"date":"2025-11-08T18:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/365135\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T18:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:41:16","slug":"wireless-hill-bushfire-watch-and-act-warning-for-residents-in-alfred-cove-ardross-and-booragoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/365135\/","title":{"rendered":"Wireless Hill bushfire: Watch and act warning for residents in Alfred Cove, Ardross, and Booragoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">There is a threat to the lives and homes of people in Alfred Cove, Ardross, Booragoon and Melville as a fire rages through Wireless Hill Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A bushfire watch and act warning is in place for people bounded by Lilian Avenue, Helen Street, Troy Street, Collier Street, Links Road, Almondbury Road, Davey Street Barnard Street and Francis Road including Wireless Hill Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The Department of Fire and Emergency Services said as of 6.30pm the fire was stationary and controlled, but not contained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThere is a possible threat to lives and homes as a fire is burning in the area and conditions are changing,\u201d the alert said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cStay alert and monitor your surroundings as conditions could change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/093e6660cad3dfab5e6f83f67bdeb1252de2ec2a.jpg\" alt=\"There is a threat to the lives and homes of people in Alfred Cove, Ardross, and Booragoon and Melville as a fire rages through Wireless Hill Park.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThere is a threat to the lives and homes of people in Alfred Cove, Ardross, and Booragoon and Melville as a fire rages through Wireless Hill Park. Credit: 7NEWS\/7NEWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">More than 10 hectares of land have been burned by the blaze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Residents in the area have been told to keep doors and windows closed to keep out smoke, turn off evaporative air conditioners and continue to patrol their properties and be ready to put out spot fires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Drivers are advised to turn on headlights, reduce speed, watch for emergency personnel, and follow all directions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">If visibility becomes poor, drivers should safely pull over, keep headlights and hazard lights on, and wait until conditions improve.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10745bd15d13e1031ec88bc1420a8c20eb77e705.jpg\" alt=\"There is a threat to the lives and homes of people in Alfred Cove, Ardross, and Booragoon and Melville as a fire rages through Wireless Hill Park.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThere is a threat to the lives and homes of people in Alfred Cove, Ardross, and Booragoon and Melville as a fire rages through Wireless Hill Park. Credit: 7NEWS\/7NEWS<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a58709ff359b164aca7db95e4e05e0eea8664359.jpg\" alt=\"There is a threat to the lives and homes of people in Alfred Cove, Ardross, and Booragoon and Melville as a fire rages through Wireless Hill Park.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThere is a threat to the lives and homes of people in Alfred Cove, Ardross, and Booragoon and Melville as a fire rages through Wireless Hill Park. Credit: 7NEWS\/7NEWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Earlier, DFES urged anyone in the vicinity of Wireless Hill Park who was considering leaving home \u201cleaves now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cDecide where you will go and how you will get there,\u201d the alert said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cIf you are in the vicinity of Wireless Hill Park it is advised to leave the area.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is a threat to the lives and homes of people in Alfred Cove, Ardross, Booragoon and Melville&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":365136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,164887,14736,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-365135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-bushfires","10":"tag-disaster-and-emergency","11":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115515548875875229","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}