‘Too late to leave’ warning for residents as fire in coastal WA rips through evacuation routes

Emergency bushfire warning in place for parts of Wedge Island, Grey, Cervantes, Nambung and Cooljarloo

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Residents in a series of coastal communities threatened by a bushfire have been told it was too late to leave and they should find shelter as the fire burned through evacuation points.

An emergency warning was in place for parts of Wedge Island, Grey, Cervantes, Nambung and Cooljarloo in the shire of Dandaragan in Western Australia on Friday morning.

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