Two homes and 12 sheds have been destroyed in the bushfire that killed four people and devastated farming land north of Esperance in Western Australia's south.
The building toll was confirmed on Friday morning by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, which said 10 structures had also been damaged.
The list includes premises in the towns of Grass Patch, Salmon Gums and surrounding areas north of Esperance and includes Scaddan Town Hall, homes, farm machinery, sheds and out buildings.
Some farmers lost everything they owned.
Miraculously, Scaddan Primary School was unscathed although everything around it was all but destroyed.
The estimate of damaged farmland has increased to 132,000 hectares, up from 120,000ha on Thursday.
Damage assessments are ongoing as access to the fire ground becomes easier, a DFES spokesman said.
Water supplies to Salmon Gums and Grass Patch have been restored but there is no power, with both areas relying on generators.
Due to the destruction of poles and wires, it could be a least week before supplies return, Horizon Power says.
There was less damage at Stockyard Creek and Mullett Lakes, to the east of Esperance, where about 15,000ha was destroyed.
Authorities have reopened the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway, but warned motorists to proceed with extreme caution as emergency services continue to work in the area.
Residents are hoping they'll be told at community meeting in Esperance on Friday that they can return home, with the alert level now downgraded from a watch and act to an advice.
Meanwhile, mobile phone coverage in the shire proved inadequate for many during the disaster.
Esperance Shire deputy president Natalie Bowman told AAP she wasn't able to contact her husband at their Grass Patch property by landline or mobile for about 24 hours.
The four people who died in the bushfires were Scaddan farmer Kym "Freddie" Curnow, 45, Norwegian student Anna Winther, 29, British man Tom Butcher, 31, and German woman Julia Kohrs-Lichte, 19.
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