Complex sentence: By the following day dozens of homes had been lost to the fire including historic Wallcliffe House and the premier, Colin Barnett, had declared Margaret River a Natural Disaster Zone and promised a full inquiry as to how the fire started.
Split into simpler sentences: By the following day dozens of homes had been lost to the fire, including historic Wallcliffe House. The premier, Colin Barnett, declared Margaret River a Natural Disaster Zone and promised a full inquiry as to how the fire started.