Police and Emergencies

  • School becomes fire hazard

    A COLAC woman says authorities’ neglect of former Colac High School buildings could create a fire hazard.

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  • Sheer luck saves crash driver

    POLICE say a Melbourne woman survived a high-speed car crash south of Birregurra “by sheer luck”.

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  • Pregnant mum flees fire

    A 38-WEEKS pregnant former Colac district woman feared she would go into labour as she prepared to flee raging fires.

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  • Man dies in logging accident

    A COLAC man died yesterday after a tree fell on him at a logging coupe in the Otways.

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  • Woman hurt in motorcycle crash

    A WOMAN is in hospital with a fractured hip, and another man is uninjured, after two motorcycle crashes in the Otways yesterday.

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  • Fire crews prevent disaster

    CONSTANT firefighting work has stopped a blaze from sweeping into the Otways, despite Victoria experiencing “the most significant and challenging fire weather since Black Saturday”.

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  • Thieves shatter family’s holidays

    THIEVES have shattered a Colac district family’s plans for future camping holidays.

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  • Firefighters save houses

    MORE than 250 firefighters, 35 trucks and three helicopters have stopped a fast-moving fire from destroying Colac district homes.

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