High fire danger

  • Call to support residents seeking refuge on extreme-fire-danger days

    An Otways resident has called on Colac Otway Shire Council to undertake an urgent review to help the community plan refuge options and potentially save lives, ahead of the predicted hotter and drier fire season.

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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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  • Festival postponed due to fire dangers

    Rising fire danger has forced organisers to postpone a major Otways festival for two months.

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