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A bushfire is burning out of control on South Australia's York Peninsula.
The Country Fire Service (CFS) said on Thursday the fire was burning in grass and cropping land near Curramulka.
It said eight fire units were at the scene or on their way to the blaze.
Soaring temperatures, strengthening winds and possible thunderstorms have emergency services across South Australia on high alert.
Catastrophic fire risk conditions have been declared in three districts, the west coast, the eastern Eyre Peninsula and the lower Eyre Peninsula.
Meanwhile police are monitoring the movements of known firebugs and embarking on surveillance in bushfire prone areas, a police spokesman said.
Some schools have been closed and firefighting planes placed on standby in areas of the greatest risk.
Adelaide is tipped to have a top temperature of 43 degrees, the city's hottest November day on record.
Regional city Port Augusta is expecting a maximum of 47 degrees and Ceduna and Leigh Creek 45 degrees, with 44 degrees predicted for a host of other places.
Relief is in sight, with a cool change sweeping across the state late Thursday and dropping temperatures below 30 degrees in most areas, the Bureau of Meteorology predicts.
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