A photo of Sean Kennedy’s Seaview Park home yesterday.
Mr Kennedy, who grew up in farms in Oldbury and Mount Nasura where bushfires are common, didn’t think much of the blaze but the fear of losing his brand new home has slowly crept in.
The couple relocated to Seaview Park just two months ago and had only just finished moving their belongings into their new home when news of the fire broke.
“I finally got everything for the house so it’s going to really hit hard if I lose it all,” he said.
“We only just moved there and all our belongings are new. We had a really hard year last year and to start the year losing everything again was the hardest part of leaving.”
The fire moved a five-minute drive away from their home on Tuesday, which is surrounded by bushland.
Mr Kennedy said the sky looked clear on Wednesday morning but worried strong winds picking up across the region could quickly revive the fire.
“The warnings are still at a high level, especially now the wind is back up and running,” he said.
In Lancelin town, Karen Stokke said the skies on Wednesday morning were the clearest she had seen in days.
“As far as I have been told the road to Lancelin is open but you cannot go any further north on Indian Ocean Drive,” she said.
“The bomber planes that came in yesterday were amazing and you could see the shift in smoke soon after they went through.”
Mr Stokke, who owns Lancelin Lodge, is offering safe accommodation to residents fleeing the fire in Ocean Farms and Seaview Park.
