Police and Emergencies

  • Crashes continue on district roads

    A MAN is recovering in hospital while a woman escaped serious injury after two road crashes in two hours in the Colac district.

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  • Arrested man stopped breathing

    POLICE called paramedics after a man they arrested at a Colac nightspot stopped breathing.

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  • Bushfire controlled at Irrewillipe

    UPDATE: FIREFIGHTERS spent last night controlling a bushfire which burnt out of conrol at Irrewillipe, south west of Colac.

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  • Another fire and owner for Balnagowan

    A NEW owner of Colac’s historic Balnagowan House has emerged as the property suffers its third suspicious fire in as many months.

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  • Total fire ban means total fire ban

    COLAC district firefighters have repeated total fire ban warnings after a fire on a Great Ocean Road beach.

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  • Police hit the beat for cancer fundraiser

    COLAC police are preparing to hit the track to raise money for cancer research.

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  • “Look up and stay back” to survive on the road

    PAUL Uytdehaag says his time as a police officer drives his desire to teach Colac and district’s newest drivers to be safe on the roads.

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  • Arson suspected in Colac house fire

    POLICE arson investigators have been unable to determine the cause of a suspicious fire which razed a Colac home.

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