Fire

  • Crews working on fires

    FIREFIGHTERS will continue to monitor two fires burning near Lorne over the Christmas break with temperatures set to rise again.

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  • Lightning sparks fires in remote Otway bush

    FIREFIGHTING aircraft spent the weekend water bombing blazes in the Great Otway National Park near Lorne with government fire crews remaining on alert yesterday.

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  • District house fire hits family of eight

    COLAC DISTRICT communities have united to help a family that lost all their belongings and Christmas presents in a house fire this week.

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  • Parched spring sparks concern

    FIREFIGHTERS have fought almost 50 grass and scrub fires in Colac and district since September as the Otways had their driest spring on record.

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  • Volunteer shares vivid memories

    A COLAC and district firefighter remembers the eerie feeling the morning of one of the Otway’s darkest days.

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  • Managers vow to re-plant cemetery’s burnt hedge

    COLAC CEMETERY’S manager says the cemetery’s fire-damaged hedge could take about five years to re-grow.

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  • Fire damages Colac Cemetery’s hedge

    FIRE has burnt a wide hole in the hedge at Colac Cemetery.

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  • 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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