‘We could see the glow and smell the smoke’: residents warned as fires burn south of Adelaide

SA Country Fire Service warned that a fire near Tooperang was uncontrolled and told residents to prepare to leave. Photograph: AAP

South Australian residents have described seeing the flames and smelling the smoke of a bushfire that has scorched hundreds of hectares and destroyed structures as emergency crews fight to control the blaze.

The bushfire burning east of Mount Compass in the Fleurieu Peninsula, south of Adelaide, broke out about 4.30pm on Sunday.