Jessica Mauboy performs at Cloudbreak shortly before the evacuation began.
The fire as seen from the camp at Cloudbreak yesterday. Source: PerthNow
Jessica Mauboy was playing a gig at the Cloudbreak mine shortly before the camp was evacuated. Source: PerthNow
Smoke billows above the Cloudbreak mine as buses line up outside. Source: Supplied
Fire appears dangerously close to miner's accommodation dongas at Cloudbreak. Source: Supplied
TIRED workers have been evacuated from the Cloudbreak iron ore mine after a fire started by lightning escalated overnight.
Up to 2000 workers are being transported from the Fortescue Metals Group mine site in the Pilbara region to their nearby Solomon Hub.
The bushfire as seen from Cloudbreak yesterday. Source: PerthNow
An FMG worker told PerthNow the fire broke out at the Cloudbreak site, about 170km north of Newman, some time early Wednesday morning, possibly from lightning.
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Workers were at the Cloudbreak pub last night watching Jessica Mauboy live on stage when they were told to evacuate.
"Everyone was partying and having a good time, watching Jess, and then we went to bed but soon got evacuated," the FMG worker said.
Jessica Mauboy performing at Cloudbreak last night, shortly before the evacuation began. Source: PerthNow
The group of workers were evacuated at 11.30pm and driven 50km to the Christmas Creek mine site in the middle of the night, where they waited on an oval and in a dining room until flying to the Solomon Hub at 6am this morning.
"It hasn't been fun, there's a lot of people who need to be evacuated and we're all tired but it's been handled pretty well," the worker said.
The bushfire at the Cloudbreak mine site, which escalated this morning. Source: PerthNow
Remaining employees at the Cloudbreak site are expected to arrive at Solomon later today, with six to seven planes required to evacuate the entire camp.
Another worker told PerthNow a lightning strike caused the fire.
"There was a lightning strike 200m from the camp on which left an area of bush smoldering," he said.
"It managed to escalate to a large bushfire in the early hours of this morning."
The bushfire at the Cloudbreak mine site, which escalated this morning. Source: PerthNow
It is unclear how much damage the fire has caused but the Shire of East Pilbara is helping to fight the blaze.
FMG today said its accommodation village at Cloudbreak was evacuated overnight due to the close proximity of the bushfire.
"Personnel were evacuated to Christmas Creek mine, 50km east of Cloudbreak, and will be returned to the accommodation village when it is safe to do so," FMG said in a statement.
"There have been no injuries or significant damage and we are working to contain the fire."
And did pop star Mauboy make it out safely?
"She flew to Perth from Christmas Creek this morning on the flight she was originally booked on," a spokesperson said.
"She stayed at Christmas Creek while she visited the Fortescue Chichester Hub and was not impacted by the evacuation at Cloudbreak."
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