At least 30 homes have been destroyed in an out-of-control bushfire in the Perth Hills. On Tuesday hundreds of people, already in hard Covid lockdown, were told it was 'too late to leave'. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has yet to release an official figure on the number structures that have been engulfed by flame, but City of Swan mayor Kevin Bailey said the losses were significant

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