CRAZY FIRE- Warning issued for bushfire in Adelaide Hills as mercury hits 42°C.mp4

Published on 24-Jan-2021
South Australian authorities have issued an emergency warning for an uncontrolled bushfire in the Adelaide Hills, while a fire on the Fleurieu Peninsula has been downgraded.

The Adelaide Hills blaze is burning uncontrolled in a north-easterly direction towards Scott Creek Conservation Park, near Cherry Gardens, as the mercury hits 40 degrees Celsius across most of the state.

About 90 Country Fire Service (CFS) volunteers, are being supported by nine aircraft and 100 appliances.

The fire is currently burning near Hicks Hill Road, Orchard Road, Lewis Street and Prith Road.

"The most significant fire is the Cherry Gardens fire — that is a significant fire," CFS state deputy commander Yvette Dowling said.
She said people in Kangarilla, Scott Creek, Longwood, Mount Bold, Mylor and Heathfield, as well as Meadows, need to be on alert.

Anyone in those areas needs to activate their bushfire survival plan now.

But the CFS is warning people in Hahndorf, Aldgate and Stirling to be mindful of embers.

M S Dowling said seven fires had merged into one to create the dangerous blaze around the Mount Bold Reservoir, which has burnt about 700 hectares of dense scrub.

"It's going to be very difficult to control," she said.