Emergency Services

3.28PM THURS. UPDATE: The Maroondah Hwy has just re-opened, says vic Roads. EARLIER: Ambulance Victoria, Fire, Rescue Services and Victoria Police have been alerted to a two-car motor vehicle accident on Maroondah Highway between Narbethong and Healesville, advises Crime Watch Victoria. “Initial reports state the possibility that there may be one or more persons currently

Police and emergency services are currently on scene of a fatal house fire in Mill Park. Investigators believe the fire broke out in the Maybury Drive property just before 5am. The yet to be identified victim, and sole occupant of the property died at the scene. The exact cause is yet to be determined and

9.05am. Two emergency units are attending a fire at Wattle Glen. More details to come.

Emergency Victoria advises of a building fire in Murchison St, Marysville. 5.35pm Update. Marysville CFA units are now returning to their station.

Two fires were reported this morning (Mon.) at Eildon. Emergency Victoria says that one fire is near Mt Pinniger Rd. A boat was reported to have sunk in water beneath the high transmission power lines. Crime Watch Victoria reported at 10.58am: “The fire is said to be all safe now after an explosion. Several patients

Four emergency service units are attending a 4.10am (Monday) call-out at Simpson Rd, Christmas Hills. The situation is described as small and safe. More details to come.

“A bush fire started near the Rubicon Falls on Sunday, and efforts to check it were unsuccessful,” reported the local press in 1939. The report continued:Control work was continued on Monday, and on Tuesday morning additional men were sent out from the timber yards at Alexandra to assistthe firefighters.In the afternoon the position was reported

SUNDAY UPDATE A 20-year-old man has died in hospital after the car he was travelling in struck a tree near Mansfield on Friday night. The white Holden Commodore was travelling along the Midland Highway when it left the road and struck a tree shortly before 9.30pm. The driver, from Wangaratta, was taken to hospital however

The Whittlesea Review reports this afternoon that the Bomb Squad are present on a rural property (Towts Rd) near Whittlesea. “Police have sectioned off the area and there is no risk to the public. It is believed there is a suspicious device placed in a residential letterbox,” The Review reports.

Alexandra district men Ray Norris and Peter Rice were tonight (Tues., Jan. 8) featured in a WIN-TV news report about the 1969 fires. Report Renee Arndt compiled a report which included interviews with both men and historic footage from half-a-century ago. The report can be viewed at this link: https://www.facebook.com/WINNewsShepparton/videos/595292840922683/UzpfSTYzNzY5MDUwODpWSzoxNzczNTQ4ODgyNzQ5NjAy/