Authorities contain Gidgegannup, Keysbrook bushfires on Perth's fringes

Two fires which threatened lives and homes on the outskirts of Perth have now been contained.

Residents had little time to leave after a bushfire broke out in Keysbrook late Friday morning and rapidly escalated to emergency level before being contained just before 9pm.

Authorities confirmed on Saturday a second house was lost in the Keysbrook fire.

It is understood there were no residents living at the property.

Another fire which threatened lives and homes in Gidgegannup fire has also been downgraded.

Both blazes are stationary and contained but not controlled.

The fires are two of seven serious blazes in WA in the past two days, as hot and windy conditions continue.

There have been no reported injuries.

The fire in Gidgegannup, about 40km north-east of Perth, was downgraded around 8.30pm on Friday. 

It was the seventh critical bushfire to have broken out in WA in two days, with hot and windy conditions expected to continue.

Ron Clarke is among a handful of Gidgegannup residents who decided to stay and defend their property.

He'd been watching the water bombers circle around the thick grey smoke just a few kilometres away.

"If it gets too close — if we gotta go, we'll go," he told the ABC when the fire was still uncontained. 

"But we're as prepared as we can be."

A blaze that tore through the area in 2021 — destroying dozens of houses — narrowly missed Mr Clarke's home but it burnt through most of his property.

"We've been through it once, so it's definitely nerve wrecking," he said.

"Hopefully it won't happen again."

In less than a hour, flames tore through large open paddocks. 

There are unconfirmed reports of injured animals and a shed impacted by fire.

A number of roads in the area have been closed, and an evacuation centre has been set up at Serpentine Jarrahdale Community Recreation Centre in Byford.

Relentless two days of bushfires

WA's firefighting resources have been stretched in recent days dealing with emergency level bushfires in Toodyay, Lancelin, Parkerville, Eaton and Northcliffe.

Three houses were destroyed on Thursday in the Parkerville fire, in Perth’s hills region, including Julie Moody's family home.

CCTV shared with the ABC shows the ferocity of the flames, which in minutes engulfed her home.

Ms Moody said she was at a loss about what to do next.

"It's really hard to know in this moment," she said. "I'm sure in the coming days it'll become more clear."

Meanwhile, residents and holiday-makers in the coastal community of Lancelin, north of Perth, were forced to evacuate to the local jetty on Wednesday night, although no property losses were reported.

Five people were injured in the Toodyay blaze, about an hour north east of Perth, when a fire truck responding to the blaze rolled over, while two men in their 60s were taken to hospital after being hurt in separate incidents in the Parkerville fireground.

The Eaton bushfire, near Bunbury, closed the Forrest Highway overnight — the main road linking Perth with the South West holiday regions of Busselton and Margaret River.

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