Perth hills fire: rain forecast for weekend lifts firefighters' hopes

DFES deputy commissioner ‘pretty confident’ total of 81 homes lost to bushfire will be final figure

Fire crews are hoping rain forecast for the weekend will allow them to control a Perth hills bushfire that has destroyed 81 homes.

After successfully saving 200 homes in Shady Hills and Avon Ridge, crews were tested on Thursday afternoon after a new fire broke out just kilometres away east of Bullsbrook. This fire is not believed to have been started by spot fires and has now been deemed suspicious.

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