Fire

  • 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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  • Plan to close fire-spotting tower draws condemnation

    Firefighters will gather today to fight against the Country Fire Authority’s plans to close one of the Colac district’s fire-spotting towers on the eve of fire season.

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  • Haystack fire at Barongarook

    Firefighters have extinguished an early-morning haystack and shed fire at G Barrys Road, Barongarook West.

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  • La Nina boosts area’s farmers

    Colac and district can expect a wet spring and summer with an unusual weather event kicking in.

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