Emergency evacuation warnings have been issued as several bushfires burn out-of-control across Victoria.
Emergency evacuation warnings have been issued as several bushfires burn out-of-control across Victoria.
Authorities said any evacuations after 5.30pm today are considered "life threatening" and "it may be too late to leave".Meanwhile residents in Bellfield, Bellfield Settlement, Flat Rock Crossing, Fyans Creek, Grampians Junction and Halls Gap have been urged to evacuate immediately over the Grampians blaze.
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