A total fire ban is in place, but do you know the rules about what you can and can't do? 🔥🚫 ABC Radio Perth’s Nadia Mitsopoulos called in DFES Superintendent Luke Miles to answer your curly questions — like whether beekeepers can use their smokers. QUICK GUIDE: A Total Fire Ban is declared when predicted extreme fire weather is expected or when widespread fires already exist and firefighting resources are stretched. - A total fire ban means no fires in the open air - It covers anywhere outside

#UPDATE: The fire has since been downgraded. A bushfire emergency has broken out in suburban Perth, with a quick-moving blaze putting dozens of homes and lives at risk. The bushfire broke out just before 3pm local time in a small pocket of bushland in Ellenbrook, about 30 kilometres north-east of Perth. The area is surrounded by more than 100 houses, tightly packed in a modern residential estate. An emergency warning is in place for people in an area bounded by The Broadway, Galatea Pass, Farman

Wildlife officials on Christmas Island have heralded the final emergence of baby red crabs for the season. The “millions” of megalopae are exceeding expectations after a previously quiet year. | ABC Perth