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8.30pm Sunday. Maroondah Hwy traffic is getting through after a tree came down between Fernshaw and Black’s Spur. SES have been called. Cars are getting through with some care. The scene is located above Gate 4 water tank.
Radio-TV star Rex Hunt crashed his vehicle using back road between Alexandra and Yea on Thursday night (Jan. 31). Sunday Herald Sun journalist Fiona Byrne said that Hunt, who appears on 3AW’s Footy Nightline, crashed his car over an embankment and his vehicle ended up nose diving into a creek while trying to avoid a
6.15pm Sunday: Five vehicles are responding to a bushfire report at Broad Acres Rd, Panton Hill. At 6.15pm, the temperature at Panton Hill was reported at 33°, with a 24-kmh wind, and 34 per cent humidity.
All that water nearby … and a fire at Recreation Rd, Yan Yean. Emergency Victoria describes the Sunday afternoon fire, near the reservoir, as being safe.
4.45pm Sunday: Five emergency services vehicles are responding to a small bushfire at St Andrews. Emergency Victoria describes the situation as “safe”.
Crime Watch Victoria is reporting a motor accident on Sunday morning (Feb. 3) on Strath Creek Rd, between Box Forest Rd and Elliott Rd. That location is near the Broadford cycle racing track.
9.50am Sunday: A small fire has been reported on Kinglake-Glenburn Rd, Glenburn, near West’s Bridge.
The State Government will create a new bushfire museum and education centre to raise awareness of the history, stories and lessons of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires as well as other fires. Location of the museum will be the subject of public consultation. The Bushfire Anniversary Advisory Group has recommended creating a bushfire museum with a
The fire, 5kms west of Hazeldene at Flowerdale, has been described as ‘safe’. Eight vehicles have been responding to a 0.1-hectare fire in heavily timbered country, Emergency Victoria advises. The sounds and smells of fire – sirens, aircraft, smoke – have been an uncomfortable reminder for many locals on this first Saturday in February.
5.50AM SAT.: CFA volunteers are being called to a building fire at Mernda, on Plenty Rd, south of Bridge Inn Rd. Two vehicles are responding to the small fire.
