Fire

  • No occupants at Cororooke house fire

    No occupants were on site during a house fire at Cororooke yesterday, which forced the closure of a section of the Corangamite Lake Road.

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  • Coastal blaze barriers

    Authorities are ramping up work on new strategic fuel breaks and removing hazardous trees around townships along the Great Ocean Road.

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  • Mulch pile spontaneously combusts on farm

    Soaring temperatures caused a mulch pile at Cooriemungle to spontaneously combust this week, requiring more than six hours of fire brigade attention.

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  • Fire recruits ready for action

    Seventeen new forest firefighting recruits have been going through their paces as they prepare to protect the Otway district this fire season.

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  • Pub fire caught early

    Quick-thinking workers at Colac’s Union Club Hotel have used fire extinguishers to stop a fire from spreading from the pub’s kitchen.

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  • Fire crew arrives for busy summer

    Colac’s main firefighting helicopter has returned to the region for summer, ready to protect the Otway district from fire.

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  • Firies demand urgent intervention to replace lookout post

    Colac and district fire volunteers and opposition politicians have slammed a State Government decision to close Mount Gellibrand’s fire tower, as they desperately try to find a solution ahead of the imminent bushfire season.

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  • Electric fence burns tree, sparks fire warning

    An Irrewillipe farmer has warned landowners to check their fences regularly after he found his electric fence was burning a tree branch.

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