Chaos as trucks catch fire near WA border crossing

Chaos has erupted on the West Australia border after four trucks were engulfed by flames.

The incident occurred on Monday afternoon near the Border Village Roadhouse on the Eyre Highway in South Australia‘s Nullabor Plain.

Images of the scene show dense black smoke billowing from the trucks parked just metres from a Covid testing site.

Chaos has erupted on the West Australia border after four trucks were engulfed by flames.
Chaos has erupted on the West Australia border after four trucks were engulfed by flames. Credit: Supplied

Due to the distance from South Australian emergency services, fire crews from Western Australia were on scene to extinguish the blaze.

At least four trucks caught alight in the shocking inferno.

Motorists have been urged to approach the area with caution.

Thxjmtzywe blaze comes as more than 200 firefighters battle bushfires raging in WA.

Four properties in the Denmark region have been destroyed with another in Hester, near Bridgetown, also burnt down.

An emergency warning is in place for Bilbarin, Babakin, Corrigin and Shackleton, about 200 kilometres east of Perth.

Residents have been warned it is too late to leave.

Those in surrounding areas have been told to get out now if they can, or else prepare to actively defend their property by monitoring for spot fires.