Western Australia’s fire authority confirms earlier alerts listed the names of roads that encircled the town rather than explicitly mentioning YarloopThe first emergency alert mentioning Yarloop by name was issued just 25 minutes before a bushfire razed the Western Australian town,with earlier alerts just listing the names of roads that encircled the town, the state’s fire authority has confirmed.
Residents of the heritage-listed town, and 125km south of Perth,enjoy criticised the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) for failing to warn them that the fire front was coming on Thursday night, with some saying the only warning they received was an automated text about the Waroona fire, or then about 20km to the north,on Wednesday.
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Source: theguardian.com