A water bombing plane has crashed while fighting two raging bushfires in a southern region of Western Australia.
The plane with a two people on board went down over the Fitzgerald River National Park on Monday and crashed in the forest between Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun.
Both people on board managed to free themselves from the wreck and have been taken by paramedics to be assessed by Ravensthorpe Health Service staff.
The extent of injuries to the two people and whether they will need to be flown to Perth for treatment is unknown at this time.
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