Fire

  • Patrols keep eye on campfires

    Authorities are urging them to obey all campfire and littering rules in forests and national parks this Easter long weekend.

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  • Coastal residents evacuated amid burnoff fears

    Kennett River and other coastal residents had to temporarily evacuate their homes amid fears that bush burnoffs could escape and decimate towns during the weekend’s extreme fire weather.

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  • Police investigate fire carelessness on extreme day

    Police will investigate two illegal burns in the Colac district, as the region faced hot and windy weather and high fire danger.

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  • Trader bouncing back from devastating fire

    An Apollo Bay business will soon be fully operational again, nearing the two-year anniversary of a devastating blaze which crippled three shopfronts along the main street.

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  • Crews keep eye on burnoffs as high-risk weather arrives

    Fire crews have spent today strengthening containment lines around fuel reduction burns in the Otways, ahead of extreme fire conditions tomorrow.

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  • Total fire ban for Saturday

    Colac and district will have a total fire ban tomorrow, with warm weather and strong winds.

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  • Crew stops stump fire close to Meredith Park

    Firefighters have extinguished a fire in a tree stump near Meredith Park on Lake Colac’s northern bank, as hundreds of people camped nearby.

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  • Man, 25, arrested after Winch arson

    A Winchelsea man will face court in connection to a fire that gutted a house in the town and damaged a neighbouring home.

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