Fire

  • FIRE PROBE: Detectives investigate two suspicious blazes

    Detectives and fire authorities are investigating a series of suspicious fires at Wool Wool, north of Colac, after the two most recent fires hit the same property this week.

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  • Cororooke house fire under investigation

    Firefighters don’t believe a fire that destroyed a Cororooke home was suspicious.

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  • Tree hazards targeted on Great Ocean Road

    Authorities are ramping up work this week to remove hazardous trees along sections of the Great Ocean Road.

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  • 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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