Clifton Hills Bushfire - Kelmscott, Western Australia - 12 January 2026

A 3rd alarm bushfire tore up "the scarp" above Kelmscott, while firefighters on the ground and in the air quickly prevented it from spreading further into bushland. As captured by my wife and I, around Frye Park, Kelmscott. Perth, Western Australia - 12 January 2026 00:00 - Clearly visible from across Kelmscott 00:10 - Helitaks inbound 00:27 - Roleystone Karragullen 3.4U 00:33 - WA Police responding for evacuations and road closures 00:37 - Helitaks emerge from the smoke sans water 00:54 - District Officer responding 00:57 - smoke plume 01:05 - Roleystone Karragullen BFB SOSF 3.4UT 01:10 - Bedfordale Light Tanker 01:12 - Air Tractor on the drop 01:23 - Cardup 3.4 01:28 - WA Road Policing responding for evacuations and/or road closures 01:33 - Bedfordale Light Tanker again 01:37 - flames lick up the hill 01:41 - Dunn Aviation Waterbombers 01:56 - Helitaks defend houses 02:10 - Dunn Aviation Waterbomber 603 02:18 - McDermott Aviation helicopters in action 03:30 - Dunn Aviation Waterbomber 615 03:48 - McDermott Aviation helitaks in action 11:30 - Helitaks head home... 11:40 - This bushfire is still being monitored two days later... 11:45 - The kookaburras and mole crickets thank you for watching! Instagram: thekiwicanuck.youtube DFES / McDermott Aviation Bell 214 Helitaks 671 - N216PJ 672 - N254SM 673 - N214HM 674 - N49732 AS365 Dauphin Air Intel 662 - N97MD Airbus H125 Air Attack 620 - VH-EGU DPAW / Dunn Aviation AirTractor AT802 waterbombers 603 - VH-PEK 615 - VH-8DB