Overview
- The man's vehicle was crushed on Old Ongerup Road in Mindarabin at about 8:10pm Tuesday, and he died at the scene.
- ABC reports he was a farmer assisting fire crews, though other reporting has not confirmed his role.
- The blaze has burned through roughly 5,000 to 5,500 hectares, reached emergency level, and has since been downgraded to lower alerts.
- More than 100 firefighters, supported by local farmers and water-bombing aircraft, are strengthening containment lines around a now stationary fire.
- It is the region's second bushfire death this month after Ravensthorpe deputy shire president Mark Mudie died in a separate incident.