Holiday travellers warned to keep up to date with weather conditions as several states face growing risk of blazes
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Residents near bushfires raging in Victoria’s west have been given a two-hour window to return to collect their belongings before Christmas.
A police roadblock at the junction between Grampians Road and Ararat-Halls Gap Road was to be opened between 10am and noon on Christmas Eve
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