A resident captured the incredible event on camera as he stood nearby with his ute and watched as crews battled with a \u201cvirtually unstoppable\u201d bushfire tearing through the island, off the mainland of South Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere\u2019s another fire twister on Kangaroo Island this afternoon. We had a fair few of them today and it wasn\u2019t even a hot day,\u201d the man wrote in his post to Facebook on Thursday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The blaze\u00a0near the Ravine Des Casoars wilderness protection area jumped containment lines on Friday and was declared an immediate threat to lives and homes in the area.<\/p>\n By mid-afternoon, it had burnt through 14,000 hectares as it spread into the Flinders Chase National Park and continued to resist efforts by about 150 firefighters to bring it under control.<\/p>\n Locals and tourists had been urged to leave the area, with a luxury resort also evacuated, apart from a skeleton staff.<\/p>\n The Country Fire Service said the blaze was now burning in all directions through the Flinders Chase National Park, with conditions continually changing.<\/p>\n Country Fire Service chief officer Mark Jones said it was disappointing that some residents had not heeded warnings and had chosen to stay.<\/p>\n Now it might be too late and they should seek shelter, he said.<\/p>\n Mr Jones\u00a0said there were no confirmed reports yet of property losses or any injuries, but he said he would\u00a0be “astonished” if homes had not been destroyed.<\/p>\n A forecast wind shift later on Friday was expected to push the fire to the east and north, effectively creating a danger zone covering the entire western part of the island.<\/p>\n “The resources that are on the ground are having a good impact,” Mr Jones said.<\/p>\n “But the conditions and the severity of the fire means that it’s virtually unstoppable at the current time.<\/p>\n “The visibility is extremely poor, even for our aerial bombers, it’s difficult for them to see the fire line where they wish to make the drop.”<\/p>\n Mr Jones said another fire burning at Duncan on Kangaroo Island also breached containment lines but had since been brought back under greater control.<\/p>\n The escalating danger on the island came as SA endured a day of severe to extreme fire conditions, with very high temperatures and rising winds across the state.<\/p>\n An emergency relief centre has been established at Kingscote, on the Island’s east coast.<\/p>\n CFS crews are also continuing to monitor a number of existing fires on the SA mainland, including the blaze in the Adelaide Hills which has destroyed more than 25,000 hectares.<\/p>\n It broke out amid catastrophic conditions two weeks ago and destroyed more than 80 homes but is now considered contained.<\/p>\n![\"Fire](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/lg9xdbi_DGxsU0Ao5yXLaA--~A\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAw\/https:\/\/media-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2020-01\/6a34f910-2df7-11ea-b5cb-e409103a67c8\")
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