CFS group officer Terry May said 60 people were involved in controlling the fire at Cape St Albans, south-east of Penneshaw, with seven appliances, two command cars and staff at communications bases in Penneshaw and Parndana.

He said the “atrocious” conditions made fighting the fire difficult but the wind direction had helped.

No property was damaged but the fire burnt within 1km of a house.

Wind also caused several thousand dollars of damage at the Kingscote Football Club, where sheets of roofing iron were blown from the club’s veranda on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

Traffic offences

February 12: A mainland man, 26, for driving a heavy vehicle on the South Coast Rd exceeding the speed limit. He was driving 114kmh in a 100kmh zone.

February 13: A Brownlow man, 44, for driving with an expired licence on Playford Hway, Kingscote.

February 15: Traffic Expiation Notices were issued to the following. A Hanson Bay man, 52, for driving 94kmh in an 80kmh zone; An interstate man, 53, for failing to keep left driving on Hog Bay Rd, Island Beach; A Kingscote man, 44, for exceeding the speed limit driving 128kmh in a 110kmh zone on South Coast Rd; An American River woman, 55, for exceeding the speed limit driving 141kmh in a 110kmh zone on Hog Bay Rd, American River.

February 23: A traffic infringement notice was issued to a Brownlow man, 19, for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle on Third St, Brownlow.

Traffic infringement notices were issued to the following:

February 24: An American River man, 45, for driving 60kmh in a 50kmh zone, a Penneshaw man, 25, for driving 79kmh in a 50kmh zone.

February 25: A Parndana man, 34, for driving 114kmh in a 100kmh zone on Hog Bay Rd; a Kingscote man, 27, for reversing without due care as a result of a crash on Rawson St.

February 26: An American River woman, 65, for failing to give way at the intersection of Commercial St and Dauncey St where she collided with another vehicle. There was $5000 damage done but no injuries.

March 1: A Brownlow woman, 23, was reported for driving with excess alcohol with a reading of .129 per cent. She was issued with an immediate loss of licence for six months.

Property damage

Four offenders smashed a window to the swimming pool area of the Island Resort Motel overnight on March 1. A Brownlow woman admitted to being the one who broke the window and will pay for the damage