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Fire closes Kwinana Freeway

The Kwinana Freeway has been closed as a bushfire emergency warning was issued for parts of Kwinana.

Crews have asked for backup to contain the fire which has jumped the Kwinana Freeway. The freeway is closed in both directions around Rowley Road because of the intensifying fire.

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has issued an emergency warning for the western part of Casuarina and the eastern part of Bertram in the City of Kwinana.

Fire fighters say a wind change means the fire will be directly in the path of homes.

The alert was issued for people in the western part of Casuarina and the eastern side of Bertram in the City of Kwinana, bounded by Thomas Road, Orton Road, Johnson Road and Bombay Roaad, including the Kwinana Freeway.

The fire is burning in the Spectacles north of Thomas Road and is burning in a south easterly direction towards Kwinana Freeway.

The bushfire is moving fast in a south easterly direction.

It is out of control and unpredictable.

Burning embers are likely to be blown around your home. Spot fires are starting up to (number) metres ahead of the fire.

Water bombers are attacking the blaze, which is moving quickly towards a new housing estate in Anketell.

The Kwinana Freeway. Picture: Rebecca Picton-King/Seven News/Twitter



CLIMATE REPORT

The fire comes as a report is released saying that parts of WA would be susceptible to unbearably hot and unliveable conditions in the future.

It was forecast to hit 41C in Perth today.

Picture: Rebecca Picton-King/7 News

Parts of Western Australia's most bushfire-prone regions could become uninhabitable as the risks to lives and property are driven higher by climate change.

WEATHER SATELLITE

According to a Climate Council report released on Tuesday, record hot and dry conditions influenced more than 1000 fires in WA last year.

The number of heatwave days in Perth has increased by 50 per cent since 1950, with nine of WA's hottest Januarys occurring in the past decade.

Severe fire risk days are projected to double by 2090 if carbon emissions are not slashed, the Climate Council said.

Bushfires are increasing in number, burning for longer and affecting larger areas of land, the report found.

The forecast maximum 41C will be accompanied by the chance of a thunderstorm and east to north-easterly winds.

It was 31C at 9am this morning.