source : the age
Flames have engulfed a truck, sending a huge tower of thick smoke billowing into the air this morning, and grinding traffic in Perth’s east to a halt.
Fire crews rushed to the intersection of Great Eastern and Great Southern highways in Mundaring around 1am this morning, to reports of a truck towing two semi trailers alight on the road.
Police say the blaze started on one of the trailer brakes, with the driver pulling over and getting out uninjured.
The truck was carrying metal cylinders.
Here’s what’s making news across the country and around the world today:
Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for this Monday, the 22nd of June.
Making headlines today, a local West Australian poultry association has been forced to cancel one of its flagship events as Australia reckons with its first mainland detection of a deadly bird flu strain that could devastate the sector.
The H5N1 variant of the virus was confirmed in a sick brown skua found on a remote beach near Esperance in Western Australia, about 700km southeast of Perth.
Esperance Poultry Association president Gavin Millard said local growers and backyard bird owners were shaken by the detection and had already moved to tighten precautions.
