By Rachel Hagan and Georgia Hargreaves, ABC

Photo: ABC/Rachel Hagan

Fruitgrowers in Western Australia's Gascoyne food bowl have suffered nearly AU$1 million in crop losses as fruit literally cooked on the vine during a recent heatwave.

Residents in Carnarvon, about 900 kilometres north of Perth, endured three consecutive days of temperatures in the high 40s last week, topping out at a new January record of 47.9 degrees Celsius.

Early data from the local growers' association suggests producers are f

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