{"id":444824,"date":"2026-01-29T09:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444824\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:21:21","slug":"bushfire-threatens-dozens-of-homes-in-ellenbrook-north-east-of-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444824\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushfire threatens dozens of homes in Ellenbrook, north-east of Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bushfire has broken out in suburban Perth, with a quick-moving blaze putting dozens of homes and lives at risk.<\/p>\n

The bushfire broke out just before 3pm local time in a small pocket of bushland in Ellenbrook, about 30 kilometres north-east of Perth.<\/p>\n

The area is surrounded by more than 100 houses, tightly packed in a modern residential estate.<\/p>\n

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The fire is impacting a residential neighbourhood in Ellenbrook. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

A watch-and-act warning is in place for people in an area bounded by The Broadway, Galatea Pass, Farmaner Parkway and Elmridge Parkway.<\/p>\n

Firefighters say it is not safe for people who fled the area to return.<\/p>\n

Aerial footage showed a cabana engulfed in flames in the backyard of a home.<\/p>\n

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A cabana is engulfed in flames.\u00a0 (ABC News)<\/p>\n

Huge plumes of smoke could be seen blowing across the residential area.<\/p>\n

Emergency services have been deployed to the scene, including aerial support to battle the blaze.<\/p>\n

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Patio roofing in a house is damaged by the fire.\u00a0 (ABC News)<\/p>\n

Fire trucks were seen hosing down scorched land right next to the fence line of some homes.<\/p>\n

There are unconfirmed reports some homes have been damaged.<\/p>\n

‘Mayhem’ on the ground<\/p>\n

Resident Bruce described the situation on the ground in Ellenbrook as “mayhem”.<\/p>\n

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“There’s people obviously trying to get out of the area, the immediate area, and a lot of panicked residents,” he told ABC Radio Perth.<\/p>\n

“Some on their roofs, quite close to the flames, but generally yeah, it’s pretty chaotic.”<\/p>\n

Bruce said he saw the blaze spreading quickly, and said the height of some flames were towering over homes.<\/p>\n

“It’s jumped a couple of roads already, heading east,” he said.<\/p>\n

Residents have described some of the flames as being twice the height of their homes.<\/p>\n

“The flames just came so quickly … one minute it was there, and the next it was here and funnelling down our street,” Natalie Packer said.<\/p>\n

Her neighbour Sylvana Hedger recalled the chaos of the blazes pivoting in the wind.<\/p>\n

“The wind has changed directions several times, so just when we thought we were in the clear, it sprung up in front of us,” she said.<\/p>\n

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A firefighter extinguishes flames in bushland. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

Another resident, Mark Musariri, was hosing down a strip of bushland behind his home while flames were smouldering in another nearby patch of bushland.<\/p>\n

“Scared … I had to take off with the kids first then come back and fight the fire,” he said.<\/p>\n

The temperature in Perth reached 34C today.<\/p>\n

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