Listening to the warnings it sounds as if most of Victoria is ablaze.
Around Melbourne the Preston and Warrandyte fires appear to be under control, but the fire in Craigiburn is still out of control, and moving quickly.
In Gippsland Orbost, is under significant threat with evacuation orders just issued, Morwell is under threat, as is on of the power stations.
There are more fires being mentioned around Bendigo, Gisborne, and Poweltown, there are also lots of others being mentioned that I either do not recognise, or can not immediatly place.
To make it worse the severe wind conditions being experienced have grounded the fire fighting aircraft.
There are reports of houses being lost, but thankfully no loss of life.
And to make it so very much worse the weather conditions are being aggravated by strong and gusting winds.
This is for East Sale in Gippsland - but is representative of the state unfortunately.
Cheers - John
-- Edited by rockylizard on Sunday 9th of February 2014 04:45:12 PM
aussietraveller said
07:38 PM Feb 9, 2014
This is a nightmare and is only going to get worse over the next few days please spare a thought for all of our emergency services people and those who are in high risk areas and if you are traveling in the area please take extreme care and stay safe
_wombat_ said
08:54 AM Feb 10, 2014
RL, thanks for the link, have a lot of friends in Vic.
exa41 said
10:10 AM Feb 10, 2014
wifey and myself fort the Gladysdale fire (poweltown) 0nly 28 hectares but kept us buisy all day , learmonths creek contained but still smokey and will be for a couple of days maybe , Orbost and surrounding areas still going and am waiting on a call for strike team duty. Warrandyte was bad , only property damage thank god . Just show that in the current climate conditions that no one is safe. All I can say folks is BE VERY AWARE of your surroundings and check on your neighbours, keep hydrated.
sherbert said
10:54 AM Feb 10, 2014
Pictures of the fire in Morwell , some homes lost . Amazing job by emergency workers .
Listening to the warnings it sounds as if most of Victoria is ablaze.
Around Melbourne the Preston and Warrandyte fires appear to be under control, but the fire in Craigiburn is still out of control, and moving quickly.
In Gippsland Orbost, is under significant threat with evacuation orders just issued, Morwell is under threat, as is on of the power stations.
There are more fires being mentioned around Bendigo, Gisborne, and Poweltown, there are also lots of others being mentioned that I either do not recognise, or can not immediatly place.
To make it worse the severe wind conditions being experienced have grounded the fire fighting aircraft.
There are reports of houses being lost, but thankfully no loss of life.
Gday...
If you wanna see how much of Victoria is burning - check here - http://www.emergency.vic.gov.au/map#now
And to make it so very much worse the weather conditions are being aggravated by strong and gusting winds.
This is for East Sale in Gippsland - but is representative of the state unfortunately.
Cheers - John
-- Edited by rockylizard on Sunday 9th of February 2014 04:45:12 PM
RL, thanks for the link, have a lot of friends in Vic.
Pictures of the fire in Morwell , some homes lost . Amazing job by emergency workers .