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Western Power wrangles power grid amid Perth bushfires

WESTERN Power is cleaning up debris after fires earlier in the week came dangerously close to its Medina substation near Kwinana, south of Perth, with more fires north of the city expected to cause further outages.

Photo credit: Western Power, Twitter.

Photo credit: Western Power, Twitter.

The Medina substation services major industrial sites in the area, including BP's Kwinana refinery and Austal shipbuilding services. Energy News understands workers at shipbuilder  Austal's Henderson facility...

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