Fire

  • Bush burns postponed

    Rain forced fire authorities to postpone two bush burnoffs near Lorne this week, but they will still go ahead.

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  • Fourth blaze at property

    Authorities are investigating a fourth fire at a Colac district property in eight days, this time inside a house.

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  • Burnoffs continue in Otways

    Burnoffs continued on public land in the Otways at the weekend, with Forest Fire Management Victoria igniting a 20-hectare fire just north of Kennett River.

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  • Another suspicious blaze at Wool Wool

    Firefighters have attended the third suspicious fire in a week at a property at Wool Wool, north of Colac.

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  • Heat and wind will push up risks of a fire

    The Colac district could face its highest bushfire danger of the summer today, with warm weather and northerly winds.

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  • FIRE PROBE: Detectives investigate two suspicious blazes

    Detectives and fire authorities are investigating a series of suspicious fires at Wool Wool, north of Colac, after the two most recent fires hit the same property this week.

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  • Cororooke house fire under investigation

    Firefighters don’t believe a fire that destroyed a Cororooke home was suspicious.

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  • Tree hazards targeted on Great Ocean Road

    Authorities are ramping up work this week to remove hazardous trees along sections of the Great Ocean Road.

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