More than 100 schools have been closed in South Australia today, as much of the state braces for catastrophic fire danger conditions.
Seven regions of the state have been given catastrophic fire danger ratings by the Bureau of Meteorology, while the rest of the state has an extreme or severe rating, resulting in a total fire ban across South Australia for the rest of the day.
South Australia’s Country Fire Service (CFS) has warned people living in these danger areas to enact their bushfire survival plans immediately, as record-breaking temperatures of over 40 degrees have been forecast for some locations.