Fire

  • Fire controls still in force across shire

    Fire restrictions will remain in force in the Colac district until decent autumn rains arrive, a leading firefighter says.

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  • Authorities ignite planned burnoffs

    Forest managers ignited burnoffs at Carlisle River and Beeac yesterday.

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  • Crews plan more burns for Otways

    Crews will ignite hundreds of hectares of burnoffs in the Otways in coming days as Forest Fire Management Victoria continues its planned burns program.

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  • 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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