A bushfire north of Perth has jumped containment lines, threatening lives and homes as it continues to burn out of control.
An emergency warning has been issued for communities in the shires of Gingin and Dandaragan with the blaze advancing quickly and spot fires starting about 200 metres ahead of the front.
Emergency WA says people in the areas of Regans Ford, Red Gully, Cowall, Moore River National Park, Nilgen, Mimegarra, Karakin, Yathroo, Orange Springs, Lancelin and Ledge Point are at most risk.
They are being urged to take action immediately to survive.
The fire was sparked on Saturday and has already burnt through about 2000 hectares.
It remains uncontrolled and unpredictable with hot weather prevailing across the fire ground.
About 70 firefighters are at the scene with aerial support being brought in to assist ground crews.
The new warning follows an easing of fire danger on Monday after a string of fires threatened WA communities, one forcing the evacuation of a nursing home.
Temperatures in the mid to high 30s and strong winds fanned the flames with blazes reported to the north and south of Perth, on the state's southwest coast and in the Goldfields.
At one stage emergency warnings were in place for at least two blazes, one at Kwinana on Perth's southern outskirts and another further south at Rockingham.
On Sunday night a fire at Gosnells, in the city's southeast, forced authorities to move 150 nursing home residents to a nearby evacuation centre.
Bushfire advice messages remain in force for the Kwinana and Rockingham fires with the all-clear issued for Gosnells.
With very hot weather forecast until at least Sunday, Department of Fire and Emergency Services Deputy Commissioner Craig Waters said the risk of more fires is high.
"Whenever you come into a period of really hot weather coupled with extremely high easterly winds, we're always going to be in for a world of hurt," he said.
