Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
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.”
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ALEXANDRA, YEA – PREPARE TO LEAVE Prepare to Leave – A Watch and Act message was issued at 6.49pm Thursday (Jan. 8) for Acheron, Alexandra, Burnt Bridge, Cathkin, Eildon, Ghin Ghin, Jamieson, Kevington, Killingworth, Koriella, Lake Eildon, Limestone, Molesworth, Murrindindi, Rubicon, Taggerty, Thornton, Torbreck Station, Whanregarwen, Yea. “It is strongly recommended you Prepare to Leave,”…
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A warning to ‘leave immediately’ was extended just before 1pm to areas around Yea including Cathkin, Ghin Ghin, Gobur, Highlands, Trawool, Whiteheads Creek and Yarck. This is in addition to a similar emergency warning for people at Caveat, Dropmore, Ruffy and Terip Terip. The Longwood fire is not under control. At 12.35pm, a ‘Leave Immediately’…
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A ‘Leave Immediately’ warning was issued at 6.14pm Wednesday (Jan. 7) for Caveat, Dropmore, Ruffy, Tarcombe, Terip Terip. There is a bushfire at Longwood that is not yet under control.“The bushfire is travelling from Hume Freeway in a south-easterly direction towards Ruffy.residents in the SOUTH of a line drawn from Maggies Lane to Mount Monica…
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Fire Rescue Victoria responded at 3.01am on Tuesday (Dec. 2) to an incident on Richard St, Hadfield, after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported a house fire.Firefighters arrived on scene within seven minutes to find a single storey brick home fully involved in fire with flames through the roof. The fire took over 30 minutes…
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Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to several calls of a building fire at Sackville St, Collingwood, at 3.16am on Friday (Nov. 28).Crews arrived on scene within six minutes to find smoke and flames issuing from the building, and the response was escalated.FRV crews donned breathing apparatus and began attacking the fire as well as preventing…
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Fire Rescue Victoria firefighters responded to a fire in Yarraville on Wednesday morning (Nov. 26).Callers to Triple Zero reported that two cars were alight and threatening a house.Crews arrived at the Stephen St scene at 2.39am, within seven minutes.Wearing breathing apparatus, firefighters quickly attacked the car fires.Neighbours in nearby properties were evacuated as a precaution.Firefighters…
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Fire Recue Victoria responded to multiple triple zero calls for an apartment fire in North Melbourne shortly before 5am on Wednesday morning (Nov. 26).Firefighters arrived within five minutes to find flames issuing from the second-floor balcony of a seven-storey apartment building.Firefighters conducted an external attack on the fire from the ground level while additional crews…
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Fire Rescue Victoria crews rescued a woman from a burning Reservoir property on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 22).Crews arrived at the Boldrewood Pde scene at 12.15pm, finding a fire in the bottom floor of a two-storey brick apartment.Crews found a woman in the lounge room, not breathing and unconscious. They rescued the woman from the building…
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Fire Rescue Victoria responded to reports at 7.19pm Wednesday (Nov. 19) of a large column of smoke issuing from a factory at Boundary Rd in Sunshine West.Firefighters arrived to find a large pile of scrap metal in a metal recycling factory well alight.FRV crews in breathing apparatus attacked the fire with multiple hoselines to knock…
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