A home has been destroyed as several bushfires continue to burn out-of-control in Victoria‘s Gippsland region.
Firefighters are today focusing their efforts on the north-west of the state, where there is an extreme fire danger rating in the Mallee with temperatures in the mid-30s and strong northerly winds.
Three fires have not been contained, including the Briagolong fire, which is burning at around 5000 hectares with a 42 kilometre perimeter.
A mud brick home in Briagolong has been lost to the fire and parts of the ground and garden were seen smouldering today.
“Fire agencies actively working on that ahead of what is tipped to be challenging conditions for tomorrow,” Country Fire Authority chief officer Jason Heffernan said.
The fire remains at a watch and act level and it is expected to remain at this status for a while due to current weather conditions.
Efforts to tackle the Loch Sport fire, which is burning at advice level, are continuing today.
“There’s currently no homes under threat but certainly an active fire front,” Heffernan said.
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The Rawson fire has been burning at advice level for the past 24 hours.
“That’s principally because of its location and the fuel type it’s burning on is a bit wetter,” Heffernan said.
“Firefighters have done some really good work and managed to get the upper hand on that fire.”
Since Saturday firefighters have tackled 220 bush and grassfires across the state.
Forecasters predict another blast of warmth will sweep across the state tomorrow, before rain later in the day.
Heavy rainfall is expected across several regions towards the end of the week.
“We’ve gone out and evacuated some campers, moved them on from the camping grounds,” Rawson incident controller Jonathan Wood said on Sunday.
Bushfires can be fast-moving, for the latest information visit the Vic Emergency website here.
