A major bushfire in Western Australia's Margaret River region that has forced residents to evacuate was deliberately lit, police believe.
A major bushfire in Western Australia's Margaret River region that has forced residents to evacuate was deliberately lit, police believe.
Police say they believe someone deliberately lit the fire near Mammoth Cave, based on an initial assessment of the scene."Detectives would like to hear from anyone who saw any suspicious activity in the vicinity of Mammoth Cave on Wednesday or who has dash-cam or mobile phone vision of people or vehicles in the area at the time," police said in a statement on Saturday.
"There's consideration at the moment to downgrade the alert levels so people need to continue to monitor the WA emergency site," he said in a livestreamed community update.He said there were no reports of homes lost and the blaze had been mainly contained to the national park, apart from a small area around the Boranup community.
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