With no road to our place, the small volunteer fire department wouldn’t get here to help, and with only a few neighbors, we would have little help to draw upon in a fire emergency. Meran beat her clutter problem.This article has been updated from its original text.įire protection in remote areas is largely a do-it-yourself affair.Boy who told triple-0 operator he was going to kill people admits firing shots into Perth school.Man charged as up to $40,000 found strewn across Perth freeway as if 'the cash cow had come out'.Firebreaks don't do anything in those conditions.' More local WA stories: 'We didn't tell them we lost the house we just said thanks.

'We saw the house gone and we drove away and we pulled past the firefighters and said thanks. Literally it just chokes me up with all the messages.

We were planning to build there eventually and this is going to have to build that project along,' he said. 'Fortunately we have some land near the hills. Shannon said the family was now having to start from scratch. I'm sure if he was here he'd say leave all that stuff and just go.' 'You just can't grab them all in that time frame. Shannon's wife lost her dad a year or so ago, and they were unable to save all the heirlooms and mementos. 'You knew an extra minute trying to grab this item or that item might have been the difference between getting out or being stuck in.' Select ' Western Australia Top Stories' from either the ABC News homepage or the settings menu in the app. Within that last half an hour we were grabbing what we can and just got out of there really quick.' Want more local WA news? Within the space of an hour it was getting worse and worse. Shannon said he was given 90 minutes to prepare, but was working in the city.

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