source : the age
Residents and holidaymakers at a WA tourist hotspot were put on alert overnight, with a fire tearing through Broome’s Cable Beach.
Parts of the beach were closed as the blaze ripped through bushland, however it was quickly attended to by firefighters and, as of Thursday morning, is at a bushfire advice level of warning.
The fire was reported about 6.37pm on Wednesday, with locals at a nearby tavern capturing vision of flames leaping high into the air.
Firefighters monitored the area overnight, and the cause of the blaze remains unknown.
Here’s what’s happening elsewhere today:
Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Thursday, July 2.
Making headlines today is news that the super-sized mortgages Australians need to buy into the property market have left most borrowers weighed down by interest bills even larger than when official interest rates were almost 20 per cent.
New analysis by KPMG shows Australians are being forced to devote near-record levels of their income to servicing the interest bill on their mortgages.
