Residents of the East Gippsland town of Bruthen have been told the perimeter defences protecting it have been breached vicfires
Eight emergency warnings remain in place for East Gippsland, with a total of 180,000 hectares of land affected by fires.
East Gippsland is subject to a severe thunderstorm warning too, which heightens the risk of strong winds. Mr Whelan said his friends in Sarsfield, to the south west of Bruthen, had told him that “conditions are pretty horrific” there. On Sunday Victoria's Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp told the more than 30,000 tourists who were in the town to pack up and go immediately before the bushfires closed in.
“People are coming in from the fires, and they didn’t realise they couldn’t get out by the main road.The Marthavale-Barmouth Spur fire has been burning since November 21.
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