Dry lightning strikes have been blamed for causing a number of bushfires across Victoria. But what's the difference between ...

Residents across regional Victoria are on high alert this afternoon, with heatwave conditions intensifying bushfires across ...

Authorities have issued an emergency warning for an out-of-control bushfire at Cape Otway in Victoria. AddedJan 8th, 2025 NSW Premier Chris Minns has vowed to "throw the book" at those behind ...

6. 1939 Black Friday Bushfire (Australia) – 5 million acres This bushfire season in Australia’s Victoria engulfed more than 5 million acres and left 71 dead. Hundreds of homes were destroyed ...

A member of Forest Fire Management Victoria and the CFA assess fire damaged ... but the Grampians region has just endured its largest bushfire in almost 20 years, and its second major fire in ...

Cook Government supports 15 local governments in regional and metropolitan areas with bushfire mitigation funding More than 270 mitigation activities to be conducted across Western Australia Almost ...

The Cape Otway fire comes after a bushfire in the Grampians in Victoria’s west was contained on Monday, nearly three weeks after it was ignited by lightning.

The bushfire in Victoria was luckily contained to one hectare thanks to a “strong first attack” by 14 firefighters who used a tanker and assistance from a firebombing aircraft. Campers are ...

Most campers in the area have been evacuated and more than 1000 people were sent bushfire alerts on their phones. Chief Fire Officer with Forest Fire Management Victoria, Chris Hardman ...

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A bushfire that sparked evacuations and cut off 100 campers in Cape Otway, southwest Victoria, has been contained. Residents and holidaymakers in the region were urged to evacuate early on ...

Residents have been warned it is "not safe to return or leave" a bushfire which has been burning since early Wednesday morning in Cape Otway, Victoria's south, as crews work to bring the blaze ...