Fire

  • Play it safe around campfires this summer

    Authorities are urging campers to play it safe when it comes to using campfires, barbecues and recreational fires this summer.

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  • Lightning sparks district fires

    Rain and the fast action of firefighters has helped quickly extinguish a series lightning-sparked fires in the Colac district.

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  • Police seek fire insight

    Police have again appealed for witnesses following a suspicious garage fire in Colac this week.

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  • Air support needed to suppress blaze

    Inaccessible country hampered efforts to contain a small grass and scrub fire west of Colac this week.

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  • Brigades face district blaze

    Fire crews were yesterday battling a small grass fire south-east of Camperdown.

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  • FIRE SCOURGE: Fireworks spark blaze during a busy weekend

    Illegal fireworks have sparked a grass and shrub fire that threatened a popular campsite, as a series of blazes kept Colac district firefighters busy over the new year period.

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  • CFA crews contain scrub fire

    Fire crews were yesterday battling a grass and scrub fire just east of Colac.

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  • Fire warning for campers

    Campgrounds across the Otways will fill up this summer, and Forest Fire Management Victoria is urging campers to follow campfire safety rules.

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