Crews saved homes from three fire
The pines and paddocks around the Barron family home on Nisa Road are a blackened wasteland.
The paddocks have been reduced to ash and the Pinjar pine plantation across the road is still smouldering.
On Tuesday night, the plantation was the scene of a fierce battle between the flames and a huge contingent of Department of Parks and Wildlife firefighters, who managed to stop the fire in its tracks.
Owen Barron, 45, his wife Rachael, 39, and their three sons fled their home about 4pm as firefighters tried to save their neighbour's house.
It was their second evacuation in just more than two weeks.
"We had our four cars loaded and ready to go," Mr Barron said.
"We had a police officer pull in and say, 'It's getting risky, we're giving you fair warning', so we got the hell out.
"I was keeping a cool head because I had my family with me but it was pretty scary. It was coming at us."
Mr Barron said he did not expect his home to be saved given the scenes he left behind.
"I was happy they saved the house," he said. "I was shocked, to tell you the truth. I'm pretty impressed with the firefighters."
Mrs Barron said it had been a stressful start to the year.
"We've had a few alerts and evacuations here this summer. It's been continuous," she said.
"We were just getting over the Bullsbrook fire, just unpacking the cars and here we go again."
The Pinjar blaze was just one of three big possibly deliberate fires that warranted emergency warnings on Tuesday night.
Two fires within a few kilometres in Wellard and Baldivis continued to burn last night.
Together the fires burnt more than 210ha, destroying a bridge on Telephone Lane, just south of Millar Road where one of the fires began.
Firefighters and residents hope they have seen the worse of all three fires but Department of Fire and Emergency Services Deputy Commissioner Lloyd Bailey warned yesterdaythat less than favourable conditions over the coming days could test the containment lines crews have worked hard to maintain.
On Tuesday about 200 firefighters, mostly volunteers, worked throughout the night to defend homes. Mr Bailey praised the commitment of all crews working extremely hard in particularly arduous conditions and providing support to their communities.
He asked that the community report all fires or suspicious activity as soon as they can to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
This month firefighters have attended 650 grass and bushfires. On average about 20 to 25 per cent of those are deliberate or suspicious.
