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More from the South Australian CFS media conference. The fire service says that 156,000 hectares have now been burnt on Kangaroo Island. And on Monday “650,000 litres of product were dropped on the fire ground from 182 bomber drops”.

Some 200 firefighters are at work on the island, and 50 non-firefighter personnel.

One reporter asks if firefighters have enough water.

“They have lots of water on the island, there is seawater all around,” authorities say. “The helicrane has been loading with saltwater from the sea. There is water there.

“Water is not the problem, it is the intensity of the fires. Large bushfires travelling quickly don’t get extinguished by water. It is too intense. Much of the water just evaporates before they affect the fire.”