A bushfire started burning on 2 January in areas to the north of Perth. By 5 January, a total area of 2,000 ha (4,900 acres) of bushland had been burned out and properties threatened in Gingin and Dandaragan with residents of Ocean Farms Estate being ordered to evacuate and farmers east of Lancelin also encouraged to leave.[28] By 7 January, 10,000 ha (25,000 acres) of land over the Gingin and Dandaragan shires had been burned with 200 fire fighters combating the blaze.[29]