Perth fires recap: Multiple blazes downgraded with warnings for Spearwood and Kwinana

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A widespread communications outage in the South West has left residents without the ability to call emergency services amid peak fire conditions as a heatwave sweeps the State.

Nannup is among the several areas amid severe heatwave conditions, with the town reaching 40.5C about 3pm Friday afternoon. It is expected to top 41C tomorrow.

Incident controller Ray Buchan reinforced the message that people experiencing symptoms from the smoke plume created by the Kwinana fire should get in touch with Health Direct.

He said the fire was now extinguished and confirmed the presence of sulfur at the warehouse.

Mr Buchan said the smoke made it hard for fire crews to get access to and extinguish the fire.

“It can be deadly if you’re sitting on top of it,” he said.

“Be aware, stay at home, close your window.”

The area is being monitored and adjustments will be made to the warning areas once the monitoring is back.

“There’s a significant amount of sulfur in there,” Mr Buchan said.

He said the biggest issue for fire crews was gaining access to the fire.

“The only way to get in there was through the smoke, so they had to be careful.

Mr Buchan said crews were battling two to three-metre flames but the bigger issue was the smoke.

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has expanded the HAZMAT warning area.

It has expanded further north-east as potentially toxic fumes spread over the southern suburbs.

Suburbs impacted now include Kwinana Beach, Postans, The Spectacles, Anketell, Oakford, Oldbury, Baldivis, Wellard, Bertram, Casuarina, East Rockingham, Medina, Parmelia, Kwinana Town Centre, Orelia and Calista.

People affected should stay inside, close their windows and turn off their air-cons.

Those with medical concerns should contact Health Direct on 1800 022 222.

The industrial warehouse went up in flames about 1.25pm in Kwinana on Friday afternoon.

Flames quickly took hold of the building.

Thick smoke triggered a HAZMAT warning over several suburbs.

Including Medina, Orelia, Parmelia, Bertram, Kwinana Beach, Wellard, Leda, Kwinana Town Centre, as well as East Rockingham.

A driver on Patterson Road captured impressive footage of a massive smoke cloud caused by the port fire towering over Kwinana.

Another video shared on Instagram shows close up footage of the fire.

Main Roads issued a warning for Kwinana Beach Road in both directions at Port Road due to the fire.

All lanes are open but there is congestion and drivers should practice extreme caution.

A video supplied of the fire at Kwinana port shows massive flames flickering through the roof of a warehouse.

A huge plume of dangerous smoke can be seen pouring into the sky.

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Western Australia is sweltering through another extreme heatwave with some areas tipped to reach close to 50C.

Perth was sitting at 41C at 2.30pm on Friday, while Kwinana is a slightly cooler 31C.

A bushfire watch and act warning is in place for those in the area bounded by Newton Street, Marvell Avenue, Stock Road and Shelley Way in parts of Spearwood, Munster and Yangebup.

Newton Primary School in Spearwood is in the watch and act area.

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