{"id":483981,"date":"2026-01-01T04:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/483981\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T04:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:52:11","slug":"teen-charged-after-firecracker-sparks-serious-bushfire-during-nye-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/483981\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen charged after firecracker sparks serious bushfire during NYE celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teenager has been charged \ufeffafter a firecracker was launched into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/perth\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Perth\">Perth<\/a> bushland during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/new-years-eve\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New Year&#039;s Eve\">New Year&#8217;s Eve<\/a> celebrations, sparking a dangerous blaze that is threatening lives and homes and cut off power to thousands.<\/p>\n<p>Police allege a 19-year-old man threw a firecracker into dry grass in bushland on Temby Avenue, KalamUnda, in the Perth Hills about 25km east of the CBD, about 12.20am.<\/p>\n<p>The firecracker sparked a bushfire almost immediately, which quickly intensified.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b1e9821f-fce1-41c4-8640-4b7114d0587b.jpeg\"   alt=\"The blaze was sparked on Temby Avenue around 12.20am and quickly spread through grassland.\"\/>The blaze was sparked on Temby Avenue around 12.20am and quickly spread through grassland. (Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>A waterbombing helicopter and multiple fire crews \ufeffwere called to try to extinguish the inferno, but it continue to burn into the morning.<\/p>\n<p>An emergency warning was triggered just before 8.30am, urging residents in Maida Vale, Forrestfield and Kalamunda to leave immediately as the blaze spread across 25 hectares of land.<\/p>\n<p>Residents were warned that their lives and properties were in danger.<\/p>\n<p>The warning was downgraded to a Watch and Act just before 12.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Fire activity has decreased, but it still poses a danger to lives and homes in certain areas due to changing conditions, DFES warned.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Residents in parts of Maida Vale, Kalamunda, Forrestfield and Lesmurdie are urged to stay alert and monitor their surroundings for changing conditions.<\/p>\n<p>That includes people in the area bound by Norwood Road, Taylor Road, Colac Place, Bird Road, Alpine Road, Wandoo Road, Holmes Road, Lewis Road and Anderson Road\ufeff.<\/p>\n<p>Locals bound by Hawtin Road, Norwood Road, Welshpool Road East, Lesmurdie Road, Kalamunda Road and Canning Road should also be vigilant.<\/p>\n<p>Doors and windows should be closed to keep smoke out and residents should look out for spot fires on their properties.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Residents in parts of Forrestfield and Maida Vale, namely those bound by the Roe Highway, Quenington Court, Hawtin Road and Hartfield Road are no longer threatened by the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The bushfire is currently moving slowly in a westerly direction. It is contained but not controlled.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/3957e1c1-3795-4e44-9005-f282719eaee8.jpeg\"   alt=\"More than 2000 homes lost power and scores were endangered by the fierce inferno.\"\/>More than 2000 homes lost power and scores were endangered by the fierce inferno. (Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>An evacuation centre has been set up at the High Wycombe Community and Recreation Centre, 200 Newburn Road, High Wycombe.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>A community meeting will be held there at 1pm today.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Several roads in the area have been closed, including Temby Road, Holmes Road at Wandoo Road, Norwood Road at Holmes Road and Hawkin Road at Maud Road.<\/p>\n<p>More than 2000 homes lost power overnight as a result of the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Power was restored to almost all impacted properties by 9am, according to Western Power.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old man, from Kalamunda has been charged with a breach of duty (of care).<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to appear before Perth Magistrates Court today.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenager has been charged \ufeffafter a firecracker was launched into Perth bushland during New Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":483982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-483981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115818053271384652","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483981","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=483981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}