Warning to leave as firefighters battle Fleurieu fire
Fleurieu Peninsula residents are being told to leave a popular conservation park as nearly 200 firefighters battle an uncontrolled fire.
The Deep Creek Conservation Park bushfire remains uncontrolled and is fast-moving as it moves toward Cape Jervis, an emergency warning said.
Country Fire Service warnings to leave are in place for Deep Creek, Silverton and Blowhole Beach Road, 8 kilometres east of Cape Jervis near the Fleurieu Peninsula.
An alert said the bushfire could threaten safety and anyone in the coastal park should go to a safer place.
“The Deep Creek bushfire remains uncontrolled,” an alert said.
This scrub fire is burning in a west north westerly direction towards Cape Jervis and started on Sunday evening, continuing to burn as crews battle steep and inaccessible terrain.
Anyone in Blowhole Beach Road, Silverton, Talisker Conservation Park, Woodroofe Road, and Main South Road, North West of the Deep Creek National Park is being told to enact their bushfire plans and leave now if it is safe to do so.
“This is a fast-moving bushfire and anyone on the outskirts of the warning area should prepare to enact their bushfire plans. Conditions are continually changing,” the CFS announcement said.
The blaze follows another Fleurieu Peninsula fire at Tooperang earlier this month that destroyed a home and burnt more than 650ha of scrub, grass and vineyards with more than 100 volunteer firefighters and 30 trucks working on the fire ground.
Stay informed, daily
At around 6pm on Sunday the Willunga CFS joined other brigades to fight the fire that had started about an earlier later, posting on Facebook that it was burning in steep and challenging terrain.
Around 175 firefighters and 35 fire trucks, supported by aircraft, worked to control the fire with the Willunga CFS relieved by new teams around 2am.
