Fire

  • Faulty equipment starts blaze

    Faulty farm machinery is to blame for more than a hectare of paddock going up in flames at Bambra.

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  • Rapid CFA response contains Otways fire

    A rapid response from CFA crews helped contain a bushfire that broke out at Kawarren on Saturday.

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  • Otways blaze still burning

    An Otways blaze west of Lavers Hill remains out of control, after almost five days of burning.

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  • Sofa lit on second storey

    A burning couch fell from a balcony during a blaze in a Colac unit yesterday.

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  • News in brief

    Call for witnesses to fire Colac Police and Colac Fire Brigade were called to a fire at about 7pm on Thursday night which damaged seating at Colac’s Eastern Reserve. The fire which destroyed a chair and burnt a timber bench in the spectators’ hut was another disappointment for the resident baseball and cricket clubs. The […]

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  • News in brief

    The latest news in brief including an accidental fire, rental rights and court updates.

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  • Busy weekend for emergency services

    Colac district emergency services were kept busy over the long weekend with fire at Barongarook West, a gas leak at Nalangil, and a car crash at Yeo.

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  • Timely reminder after e-bike blaze

    An e-bike fire in Colac this week destroyed a shed and its contents, leaving CFA crews warning people about the potential hazards of e-vehicles.

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