Firefighting
Community unites to help evacuated people
Apollo Bay and coastal communities for banded together to help people evacuated during the Christmas Day fires.
Crews working on fires
FIREFIGHTERS will continue to monitor two fires burning near Lorne over the Christmas break with temperatures set to rise again.
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.
Volunteer shares vivid memories
A COLAC and district firefighter remembers the eerie feeling the morning of one of the Otway’s darkest days.
Authorities introduce fire restrictions early
COLAC district residents have until Monday to complete burnoffs on their property with officials bringing forward the start of this year’s fire season.
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.
Fire damages Colac Cemetery’s hedge
FIRE has burnt a wide hole in the hedge at Colac Cemetery.
Burning to continue despite fire concern
THE STATE Government will continue with planned burns in the Colac district, despite a planned burn sparking an out-of-control fire in central Victoria.