00:00On a hot and windy day, authorities wasted no time attacking the fire from all angles.
00:09Certainly an intense fire with high stakes. This is a highly populated area with the grass
00:16fires burning right up to the edge of property boundaries.
00:19Residents in Adelaide Smithfield preparing for the worst.
00:22When we first got there it was small, but it quickly spread, pretty quickly.
00:29When I come closer it's spread out too fast.
00:33High winds pushing the fire and threatening some homes.
00:37Whoa, right up there.
00:39We were able to evacuate safely residents from a number of surrounding streets for about an hour.
00:45Gave us an opportunity to get in there and slow the fire down and extinguish it.
00:50Authorities believe the blaze started behind an army training facility and quickly spread across 27 acres.
00:57It took 17 fire crews and aerial water bombers to get the flames under control.
01:02Fire crews remained at the scene for many hours putting out several hot spots.
01:07The Metropolitan Fire Service says the cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
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