Message ID: 0005362
Time Message Issued: 08:01
Date Message Issued: 25/01/2021

Fire Origin / Fire Name: CHERRY GARDENS, HICKS HILL ROAD

Media please note SEWS required.

EMERGENCY WARNING FOR A BUSHFIRE BURNING UNDER SEVERE OR EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS

This fire may pose a threat to lives directly in its path.

Act now. Leave, if the path is clear to a safer place, as it will soon be too dangerous to drive.

If you cannot leave, identify where you will seek shelter from the bushfire. Heat from the fire will kill you. Do not enter this area as conditions are dangerous.

The CHERRY GARDENS, HICKS HILL ROAD fire is uncontrolled. This scrub fire is burning in a North Easterly direction towards Longwood, Mylor and Biggs Flat. Conditions are continually changing.

CFS is currently experiencing continually changing wind conditions. This may cause the fire to change direction unexpectedly .

People in the area should leave now or prepare to defend their homes before the wind changes direction.

Power, water and mobile phone services may be lost. Road conditions may become very dangerous over the next few hours.

Fire fighters may soon be unable to prevent the fire spreading.

Shapes on this map image indicate the Warning Area to which this message applies.
YELLOW: Advice Message; ORANGE: Watch and Act Message; RED: Emergency Warning

For updates listen to your local ABC radio station on a battery powered radio, visit the CFS website www.cfs.sa.gov.au or phone the Bushfire Information Hotline on 1800 362 361.

This message will be updated as the situation changes or before: Jan 25 2021 10:00