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Dozens sought refuge while their township burned

Courtney Trenwith They wanted to save their homes, but eventually the 20 metre flames and intense heat became too much.

'Unprecedented' third shark death brings forward aerial patrols

George

Staff reporters Aerial shark patrols along the WA south coast will now start tomorrow, after Premier Colin Barnett agreed to privately lease a helicopter in the wake of an "unprecedented" third fatal attack in two...

Shark attack: police name victim

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Tamara Binamat Police and fisheries officers are hunting for a shark which killed a man off Rottnest island yesterday.

Surfers' horror as shark savages mate

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Lucy Rickard and Aleisha Orr A man has died after he was attacked by a shark at a popular South-West beach this afternoon.

Shark attack at popular South-West beach

Lucy Rickard and Aleisha Orr A man has died after he was attacked by a shark at a popular South-West beach this afternoon.

Shark attack witness tells of mauling horror

Lucy Rickard A local surfer who was just metres away from the bodyboarder taken by a shark at Bunker Bay yesterday said he saw a dark shadow pass underneath him less than a minute before the fatal attack

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Man dead in shark attack

Peter Kurmann

Pamela Mirghani and Michelle Nelson A 33-year-old man has died in a shark attack in West Australia's southwest.