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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.