CFS contain bushfire at Culburra in upper South East as wild winds wreak havoc, leaving thousands without power A fallen tree on the Glenelg tramline at Wayville. Picture: Warren Worth, via NewsForce Source: Supplied UP to 30,000 homes are without power after strong winds brought down trees and powerlines across the metropolitan area. Despite the strong winds, firefighters have contained a fire burning in the South East town of Culburra, which temporarily forced the closure of the Dukes Highway. Winds averaging 65 kmh have brought down trees and power lines across Adelaide, affecting homes and traffic intersections across the eastern and north eastern suburbs SA Power Networks has been flooded with outage reports across the city, including about 100 reports of downed wires. A massive tree limb falls and cuts power at Beaumont. Picture: Vivienne Bolaffi, via NewsForce "Customers are urged to keep clear of downed lines and we advise them to expect lengthy outages due to the number of outages impacting the metropolitan area," Paul Roberts, Spokesman for SA Power Networks said. This is the worst metropolitan storm impact that I have seen for several years and that is likely to mean extensive delays and the possibility that not all customers will have power restored tonight, despite us bringing in all available crews. Debris is still flying around and the strong winds are making conditions unpleasant for driving, riding a bicycle or even walking, particularly in the city and eastern suburbs. A car is flattened by a fallen tree at Willunga. Picture: Amanda Pritchard, via Twitter Police remind people approaching an intersection where the power is out to slow down, approach with caution and apply basic road rules. The windy weather accompanied a cool change that swept the state yesterday, after temperatures reached the 40s. Despite the milder conditions, the mercury is still expected to top a sultry 30C in the metropolitan area, with the chance of thunderstorms. A bushfire that closed traffic in both directions of the Dukes Highway between Tintinara and Culburra has been contained. Total fire bans have been declared for five districts. An extreme fire weather warning has been issued today for the Flinders district. And the North West Pastoral, North East Pastoral, Mid North and Riverland districts have a severe fire danger warning in place. Country Fire Service firefighters contained a stubble fire that put the small upper South East town of Culburra under ember attack last night. NEWSFORCE: Send us images of the wind damage or fire The Dukes Hwy is now open but there are speed restrictions in place and motorists are advised to take care. The cause of the fire is not yet known and crews will remain on the fire ground dousing hot spots to prevent any flare ups. Elsewhere, CFS crews have contained a fire that started at Clarendon, near Scenic Rd, about 7.45pm last night.