Fires burning in Grampians national park, Bullengarook, Creswick and at the Gurdies after residents of Bornes Hill, Moyston and Pomonal ordered to leave. Follow the latest updates live
Full report: Evacuations in Victoria under way amid extreme fire threat, soaring temperatures and high winds
Some photos from the frontlines in Victoria:
South Australia’s state duty commander, Ann Letcher, said a cool change was sweeping through the state earlier than expected.
It’s gone across most of the southern areas, and it’s really just those eastern border areas that haven’t seen the change yet. But we are seeing with the change some increased winds that are lasting for a couple of hours after the change has come through.
Until those winds drop out, we’re not able to relax completely, and the community still needs to be taking care.
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