Fire

  • Blazes highlight risk of early fire season in Colac region

    A BLAZE in the Otways which destroyed a house has sparked concerns about an early start to this year’s fire season.

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  • Fire writes off Forrest woman’s car

    A FORREST woman’s vehicle is “a total write off” after it caught fire after breaking down near Barwon Downs.

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  • Descendants proud of fire refuge donation

    A FORMER Lavers Hill landowner is delighted her family has helped provide a site for the Otways’ first community fire refuge.

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  • ‘Heroes’ take action to stop cabin blaze

    EMERGENCY services and a caravan park owner have praised three “heroes” who helped extinguish a Colac cabin fire and saved neighbouring cabins.

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  • Heroes save woman from burning house

    A FORMER Colac woman has helped save the life of a woman who was unconscious and trapped in a burning house.

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  • Fire victims remain at childhood home

    COLAC’S Pam Brown refuses to leave the site of her childhood home in Armstrong Street which burnt down in May.

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  • District fire officers head to Canada

    NINE south-west Victorian firefighters are travelling to Canada to help fight hundreds of forest fires burning in the country’s west.

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