Victoria fire update map

The map indicates the communities that are expected to come under threat from embers or fire fronts. Embers still smouldering and bombers overhead abcnews abcmelbourne pic. You can see the fire burning through to the east of Bairnsdale now. It looks less scary from here because it is closer and is burning past the town - fine if the wind keeps blowing from the west, but it is expected to swing around a bit before the SW change at midnight.

Play Video. Key events Show 8. Live feed Show. Show key events only. A firefighter has been killed and three taken to hospital when extreme winds associated with a bushfire near Jingellic rolled two vehicles. That fire is currently burning across the border of NSW and Victoria. Multiple properties are feared lost but there have been no confirmations. Fires are creating their own storms , generating lightning in some firegrounds.

Currently there are 14 emergency warnings for fires in Victoria , largely concentrated in the East Gippsland area. About 40, people were urged to leave the area ahead of extreme fire danger today, but many remained. Homes and lives are under threat and in many places people have been told it is too late to leave and they need to take shelter. Roads in and out of Lakes Entrance are closed , and the Princes Highway was also closed.

An emergency-level fire broke out in the suburban Melbourne area of Bundoora , threatening homes. In NSW there are four emergency-level fire s including that one near Jingellic. Saturday's incident burned in heavy fuels that put up a lot of smoke, officials said.

The plume was easily seen from the Ventura Promenade and was even visible in parts of Thousand Oaks. Crews from multiple agencies, including the Oxnard and Ventura City fire departments, responded.

Multiple water tenders were deployed and the county's Copter 4 helicopter crew attacked from the air. Welsbie said the county fire department was the lead agency since the blaze burned mostly in an unincorporated area. Australia Wildfires. Related Stories. Newsweek magazine delivered to your door Unlimited access to Newsweek.

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