RELIEF has emerged from the Perth Hills bushfire disaster after four people previously unaccounted for were found safe and well.
Devastated residents were told this afternoon at a community meeting that 49 homes have been confirmed destroyed.
Police and fire authorities spent most of today desperately trying to find four locals missing since yesterday's devastating fires, which destroyed 49 homes.
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Earlier today, Fire Commissioner Wayne Gregson said authorities were unsure if the people were in the fire zone amid fears they had possibly fallen "victim to the fire".
But the Department of Fire and Emergency Services late this afternoon confirmed the people had either been tracked down or had reported to authorities.
A DFES spokeswoman said three of the four missing, all unrelated, were not in the fire zone at the time of the blaze, while one person remained at home protecting their house.
People had left the fire zone and were with family or friends or at another of their residences. DFES had sent its urban search and rescue team to look for the people.....
The owners of those 49 gutted homes will be escorted by shire and DFES officials tomorrow.
DFES Commander Stuart Wade told the meeting that some of the 49 homes confirmed lost in the blaze were on Richardson Road, Riley Road, Matthews Way, Fennel Court and Cousins Way.
Cdr Wade told the several hundred people at the meeting 85 per cent of the fire had been tracked.
Cdr Wade said those who had lost their homes had been notified. He said those people would be escorted to see their homes tomorrow.
But he said it would be "a number of days" before most residents can get complete access to their homes which are in the fire zone.
He said this was due to major "hot spots" which were still active in the fire zone.....
