Huge blaze threatens very heart of the Prom

A DESPERATE battle is under way at Wilsons Promontory as 150 firefighters fight to save the heart of the popular national park from a large bushfire that has burnt erratically and quickly through coastal heathland, swamp country, hills and gullies ...

Hot forecast fuels new fire threat

Authorities have warned that the threat of new fires in Victoria remains high this weekend, with the forecast of hot weather, northerly winds and the chance of lightning increasing the risk.

The Country Fire Authority and Department of Sustainability and ...

I never realised how much research went into creating the maps ... good luck with this project ... looks interesting

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tak after the things you have said in private pms you claim that is a threat? lets move this to Flame Wars

actually there are still five major fires buring in forest in Victoria but currently do not threaten lives or property....
MURRINDINDI - 165 UNITS ATTENDING - SCRUB FIRE
TIDAL RIVER - 14 UNITS ATTENDING - FOREST FIRE
HEALESVILLE - 23 UNITS ATTENDING - GRASS FIRE
KINGLAKE - 51 UNITS ATTENDING ...

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after reading that I went looking... and was surprised by the lack of any real information in the article

American firefighters are called to fight Australian wildfires

BOISE, Idaho – Two Idaho wildland firefighters will be among 60 Americans sent to Australia to help battle raging wildfires ...

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Thousands of Victorian and interstate fire fighters will be joined by 52 officers from New Zealand on Saturday, and a further 60 from the United States on Sunday.

actually I think its awesome NZ sent all their firefighters and its great the amercian crews are coming to ...

Six main fires are still burning uncontrolled, including blazes at Kinglake, Yea-Murrindindi, Maroondah-Yarra, Bunyip, Churchill and Beechworth-Murmungee.

Fire authorities have said blazes around Mount Riddell and Mount Juliet, east of Melbourne are not expected to threaten nearby residents, but ...

Man on arson death charge

A WEEK after Australia's worst peacetime disaster, police have arrested a suspected arsonist and pinpointed "ground zero" - the spot where someone lit the blaze that killed around 100 people at Marysville.

The first breakthrough in the huge investigation was made public ...

Healesville warned about fire threat

An urgent threat message has been issued to residents of Healesville, northeast of Melbourne, as fire activity in the area has increased.

Fire authorities have warned residents that they may be hit directly by embers from a fire burning from the northwest in ...

MARYSVILLE does not exist any more. The historic mountain village, remembered lovingly by one resident as "God's own garden", is now a wasteland of ash and death.

Four days after Saturday's firestorm, bodies still lie in the street and just a handful of buildings are left standing.
'Marysville ...

Wind change raises inferno alarm

TWO bushfires burning out of control in Victoria's north and east are at risk of merging to create a 500,000-hectare inferno because of a forecast wind change, authorities warn.

Emergency service chiefs say a warm northerly predicted for Saturday could push a ...

confirmed 181 dead.... 400,000ha destroyed... 1,033 houses lost



Victorians have been warned the death toll from the weekend's bushfire disaster could top 300 as firefighters struggle tonight to prevent two major fire fronts from merging together. ( 100 dead from one small town it is feared ...

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Blazes across Victoria as bushfire disaster toll rises

At least 181 people are dead and residents are bracing for further threats as fire crews scramble to contain Australia's worst- ever disaster.

Bushfire Hotline - 1800 240 667
Victorian Bushfire Fund - 1800 811 700
Concerned about family or ...

Statewide fire situation summary - Victoria - State Forests
Information last updated:10/02/2009 12:42:08 PM
This season there have been 572 fires attended by the Department, 152 of these are yet to be declared safe.