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Finbar O'Mallon and Mibenge Nsenduluka

WA bushfire contained, but uncontrolled

A bushfire south of Perth has been contained but remains uncontrolled with emergency officials urging the public to be extra vigilant as conditions continue to change.

A Watch and Act alert has been issued after some 100 firefighters battled the 6000-hectare blaze in the Donnybrook-Balingup Shire on Saturday before it started to slow its spread.

Emergency officials have warned there is a possible threat to lives and homes in the area and have advised residents to flee.

The fire, believed to have been sparked by lightning, was moving slowly northwest as of Sunday morning after breaching containment lines on Saturday.

Meanwhile, in South Australia, firefighters have managed to contain a bushfire in the Adelaide Hills, just east of the state capital.

Residents in Montacute had earlier been told to leave or take shelter on Saturday.

But by that night the fire was contained with firefighters remaining on scene to monitor hotspots.

Firefighters had been battling the blaze over steep, inaccessible terrain in the Adelaide Hills with 15 tankers and eight aircraft involved in extinguishing it.

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