Re your 'note'....
Yes, that was around 9pm on Thurs night.
From WA News -
"YARLOOP residents have described how they tried to fight the flames before fleeing the town at the last minute.
Dairy farmer Joe Angi stayed until about 9pm on Thursday trying to protect his property with his brother before fleeing at the last minute."
The fire was started by lightning on Wednesday.....It burned all Wed night and all day Thursday, and was reported as 'widespread' before reaching the town of Yarloop on Thursday night.....
"Heavy Assets" MAY have been able to prevent the majority of the losses....
In my opinion.