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NORTH-EAST: Ruffy decimated

Saturday, January 10, 2026

“It looks like an atomic bomb has gone off,” Ruffy CFA captain George Noye told ABC Radio. “[I’m] just down the main street at the moment, we’ve lost the old school, the old Ruffy produce store is gone, three houses on the main street. We’ve lost countless homes across the area. Ten of my firefighters…

NORTH-EAST: ‘Too dangerous to leave’

An Emergency Warning has been issued for Ancona, Fawcett, Gooram, Merton, Strathbogie, Strathbogie South, Woodfield. In an advice rleased at 12,.56am on Saturday (Jan. 10), the Country Fire Authority said: “A wind change has occurred on the evening of Friday (Jan. 9) and impacted the fireground. “This has caused the fire to change direction toward the east (towards…

NORTH-EAST: ‘Firefighters under-resourced’

One Nation Victoria has called on the Victorian State Government to urgently address what it calls the critical under-resourcing of the Fire Emergency Services as firefighters face another dangerous bushfire season. “Frontline firefighters continue to struggle without adequate equipment, staffing, nor support necessary to keep Victorians safe, leaving both emergency personnel and communities at risk,”…

NORTH-EAST: Bushfire relief payments

Indi MHR Helen Haines says that affected fire communities can now access bushfire relief payments through joint Federal and State Governments. “These payments will provide immediate and practical relief to people impacted by these devastating fires,” Dr Haines said. Under the arrangements, announced on Friday, one-off payments of $680 per adult and $340 per child…

VICTORIA: State of Disaster declared

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has declared a State of Disaster for 18 Local Government Areas and one Alpine Resort. This follows advice from the Minister for Emergency Services and the Emergency Management Commissioner. The Premier says that she is satisfied there is an emergency that constitutes, or is likely to constitute, a significant and widespread…

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…

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,…

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…

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…