Overview
- DFES reissued an Emergency Warning within 24 hours, warning of a direct threat to lives and homes and urging immediate action.
- Most Boddington Gold Mine workers were escorted out earlier, with a small team remaining to assist response efforts and now unable to evacuate.
- Authorities directed people east and south of the mine to leave via Crossman Road toward Wandering or Williams, while it is too late to leave the mine precinct.
- The fire has burned about 442 hectares, remains uncontained, and is burning between a rural housing estate and the area surrounding the mine.
- Road closures and power outages were reported as firefighters, supported by aircraft and mine crews, work to contain the blaze, with a Watch and Act in place for the Boddington township.