<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Reinforcements are being sent from interstate to help </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/south-australia" rel="" target="" title="South Australian"><span>South Australian</span></a><span> fire fighters battling a massive </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bushfire" rel="" target="" title="bushfire"><span>bushfire</span></a><span> in wild scrubland south of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/adelaide" rel="" target="" title="Adelaide"><span>Adelaide</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-bushfires-cape-jarvis-silverton/52a8fe4a-0358-4c40-bda0-76c43177ac26" rel="" target="" title="damage is mounting by the day on the picturesque Fleurieu Peninsula"><span>damage is mounting by the day on the picturesque Fleurieu Peninsula</span></a><span>, with at least one couple lucky to survive.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fire, burning since Sunday, remained out of control overnight.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australian-man-dies-near-ski-resort-in-japan/8f9f556f-ce12-46d3-b5d4-9ec84e8825ae"><strong><span>'Doing the sport he loved': Aussie man dies while skiing in Japan</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cass and Ash Edwards felt the full ferocity of the fire as the couple fought to save their isolated home in dense bushland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Eventually they were forced to give up their battle to save their lives.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"After trying to defend their property for two-and-a-half days really, running on basically no sleep, we believe the fire came through yesterday afternoon and they had to evacuate last minute," sister Natasha Hunt said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-bushfires-interstate-crews-brought-in-to-help-battle-massive-blaze/ef55a1b4-67fe-4ef8-8801-8666a52b9646" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They returned late today to witness the ruins.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The blaze has already destroyed at least three structures and came dangerously close to others.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As strong and erratic winds pushed the blaze closer towards Cape Jervis, flames came right up to Rhys Jones' doorstep.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I looked up here and I saw the flames engulfing my property," Jones told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We had about seven water drops from helicopters and that made a major difference and was instrumental in saving the property."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Some became trapped on the tip of the peninsula, as roads were blocked off, deemed too dangerous to travel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's hard when everyone's so frantic you know and you can't get out," Leon Cooper, who works at the local caravan park, told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You know it's – the only place to go is down to the water."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Residents evacuated from the small town of Silverton are now facing a nervous wait as they remain cut off from their properties.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Hopefully in the next 24 hours we'll have a chance to get down and actually inspect the place," resident Greg Mackie told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About 300 firefighters and a fleet of aircraft have been battling the fire but the flames are still raging in bushland adjacent to the Deep Creek Conservation Park, which overlooks Kangaroo Island, where ferry services were impacted this week before partially re-opening today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Steep terrain and dense vegetation is making the firefight a massive challenge, along with shifting winds and summer elements.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have seen due to the extraordinary dry conditions the fire flare up overnight when we'd usually expect it to go to ground," Brenton Hastie from the SA Country Fire Service (CFS) said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"So the conditions remain challenging through day and night and the community needs to be aware."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Crews are flying in from Victoria and New South Wales to join a battle expected to last for days.</span></div></div><div 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