Fire
Lightning the likely cause of Gerangamete fire
A bushfire that burnt through a hectare of land at Gerangamete is believed to have been caused by a lightning strike.
Blaze burns 15 hectares at Irrewarra
A Colac district fire captain has praised local brigades and helicopter support for controlling an Irrewarra grass fire.
Faulty equipment starts blaze
Faulty farm machinery is to blame for more than a hectare of paddock going up in flames at Bambra.
Rapid CFA response contains Otways fire
A rapid response from CFA crews helped contain a bushfire that broke out at Kawarren on Saturday.
Otways blaze still burning
An Otways blaze west of Lavers Hill remains out of control, after almost five days of burning.
Sofa lit on second storey
A burning couch fell from a balcony during a blaze in a Colac unit yesterday.
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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