Premier Jay Weatherill said no other people were now missing while a total of 30 people have been treated for injuries from critical burns to smoke inhalation.
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“It scared the s– out of me going through there, and I couldn’t go back because the fire was behind as well”, the other driver says.
At least 16 homes have been destroyed along with outbuildings, vehicles and farm machinery.
The unconfirmed report is of a death near Freeling after a auto was reported to have hit a tree.
The fire started Wednesday on farmland near the village of Pinery where the dead man lived, Eden said.
“It’s an terrible thing to imagine”.
Australia’s peak insurance body has declared the bushfire that continues to burn out of control in South Australia’s mid-north a catastrophe.
‘Best not to dwell on that’. “But we do hold grave concerns for them”, said Weatherill.
He said he was later pulled over volunteers who had a dog with them, which they asked him to take to a nearby police station.
Dramatic footage has emerged of a man driving through the heart of a bush fire in South Australia that has claimed two lives.
The Country Fire Service said the blaze continued to burn on a 40km front, with a perimetre of about 211km.
“Members of the public are asked to remain vigilant for the potential for further damage to property and the fire remains uncontrolled”, the CFS said on its website.
“We can’t be entirely sure we have identified every single person within the fire ground”, Weatherill said.
“Until we get really substantial rainfall across the state, we’re in a unsafe fire situation for the summer”, he said. In addition, destruction of a large piggery at Wasleys and a large water tank has also been reported by the Sydney Morning Herald.
An emergency warning for the fire, which is burning north of Gawler near the Sturt Highway, includes Riverton, Marrabel, Eudunda and Dutton, as well as Pinery, Owen, Hamley Bridge, Freeling, Greenock, Kapunda and Nuriootpa.
Cooler conditions and lighter winds aided crews after a terrifying day on Wednesday, with the huge bushfire slowly being brought under control.
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“Hopefully, we’ll be able to have the fire contained sometime tomorrow or tomorrow night”.
