Header fire at Caralue - 6 November 2026
At approximately 1:20 pm today, SA Country Fire Service (CFS) crews responded to a header fire on Old Eyre Highway at Caralue, near Kimba on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.
The fire started in a header before spreading into a nearby barley crop, burning approximately 9 hectares.
Approximately 10 CFS firefighters attended, with local farm fire units responding quickly and helping to stop the fire from spreading further into surrounding crops.
Firefighting aircraft also played an important role in containing the fire around the header.
The header was destroyed, with an estimated loss of $50,000. The fire is believed to have started due to a mechanical fault.