Residents Flee as Massive Perth Bushfire Spreads

Residents in Perth’s northern suburbs have been forced to flee an out-of-control bushfire believed to have destroyed at least two homes amid scorching heatwave conditions. More than 100 firefighters are battling the massive blaze that forced hundreds of local families to evacuate their properties overnight as embers rained down on their homes. Videos and photos posted online appear to show gutted homes and sheds with twisted and buckled tin rooves surrounded by blackened gardens. Another recorded firefighters battling spot fires near homes in gusty winds and intense smoke that pushed the blaze into suburban streets. Sarah Kilian stayed to defend her Tapping home from the blaze that ripped through nearby market gardens and engulfed a local park after leaping a four-lane road....