FIREFIGHTERS are winning the battle against a bushfire in the east of Rockingham, south of Perth, which was started by a car set on fire at the end of an urban crime spree.
WA's Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) has downgraded a watch and act alert in the area bounded by Dixon Road, Darile Road and Lawson Road.
DFES say there is now no threat to lives or homes but there is a lot of smoke in the area.
Seventy firefighters from Hope Valley, Rockingham and Success Fire Rescue Service and volunteer firefighters from Baldivis, Kwinana South, Mandogalup Bushfire Brigades and Rockingham Volunteer Fire Rescue Service are on the scene strengthening containment lines.
Three Helitacs and one aerial intelligence helicopter which assisted firefighters have now been released.
Firefighters used a loader to build mineral earth breaks to contain the fire, and will continue to monitor the area overnight.
WA Police are also in attendance.
DFES confirmed the cause of the fire is believed to have involved a vehicle fire, which was begun by a teenager who was allegedly part of a crime spree overnight.
Detectives in Armadale are interviewing six juveniles following a 40-minute police chase, which followed an alleged robbery in East Victoria Park, an assault in Seville Grove, a bashing of a 67-year-old man in Champion Drive and the theft of a 2010 Toyota LandCruiser.
As police caught up with the gang, two of them allegedly attempted to escape in a stolen Toyota Camry used in the first robbery, which was then dumped and set on fire - starting the Rockingham blaze.
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