Archives for January 2026

Emergency Services

NORTH-EAST: Homewood, Trawool told ‘leave now’ as blaze heads ‘towards Flowerdale’

Friday, January 9, 2026

Advice was issued at 3.20pm (Fri.) instructing residents of Dairy Creek, Ghin Ghin, Granite, Homewood, Kerrisdale, Trawool and Whiteheads Creek. The fire is heading “towards Flowerdale”. “The bushfire is travelling from Whiteheads Creek in a southerly direction towards Flowerdale.“A wind change is expected around 8.00pm. This will cause the fire to change direction to the…

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NORTH-EAST: Power outages across region

POWER OUTAGES ACROSS NORTH-EAST Ausnet reports that unscheduled electricity network outages have affected a numvber of areas in the North-East region including: Acheron, Banyule, Beveridge, Briar Hill, Cockatoo, Creightons Creek, Croydon, Devils River, Eltham, Epping, Euroa, Gobur, Gooram, Greensborough, Humevale, Hurstbridge, Kangaroo Ground, Kanumbra, kinglake Central, Kinglake West, Kithbrook, Lalor, Locksley, Longwood, Longwood East, Macclesfield,…

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NORTH-EAST: Yea, Limestone, Taggerty residents told to ‘leave immediately’

An Emergency Warning to ‘leave immediately’ was issued at 2.37pm Friday (Jan. 9) for Acheron, Limestone, Taggerty, Whanregarwen, Yea.  “Leaving immediately is the safest option, before conditions become too dangerous.” Emergency Relief Centres are open at:  • Seymour Sports and Aquatic Centre (Chittick Park) Pollard Street Seymour  • Benalla Town Hall 82-86 Nunn Street Benalla • Lilydale High…

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NORTH-EAST: 10 properties destroyed at Ruffy

Ruffy CFA captain George Noye says about 10 properties have been destroyed and a member of his crew is in hospital with third-degree burns to his hands, according to an ABC report. “Some properties have lost everything,” he says. “They’ve lost their livelihoods, they’ve lost their shearing sheds, livestock, just absolutely devastating. “But thankfully, at the moment, no lives…

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NORTH-EAST: Bonnie Doon, Merton – leave now

Thursday, January 8, 2026

The CFA has instructed those in Ancona, Bonnie Doon and Merton to leave immediately. The message was sent at 11.13pm Thursday (Jan. 8).

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NORTH-EAST: ‘Too late to leave’

A ‘Take Shelter’ Emergency Warning was issued at 9.09pm Thursday (Jan. 8) for Caveat, Creightons Creek, Dropmore, Euroa, Gobur, Gooram, Highlands, Kanumbra, Merton, Ruffy, Terip Terip. “This fire is threatening homes and lives,” said a Vic Emergency representative. “It is too late to leave the area safely so you must take shelter now.”