Fire authorities say it's unlikely they'll be able to contain a grassfire at Flowerdale until late on Thursday.
abc.net.au/news/grassfire-at-flowerdale-victoria/102006692A grassfire at Flowerdale, north of Melbourne, continues to burn out of control and authorities say it's unlikely to be contained until tomorrow.A Watch and Act alert has been issued for Flowerdale, Dairy Creek and HomewoodAbout 700 hectares of land has been burnt near Spring Valley Road at Flowerdale after the fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon.
"We are making our way to try and contain this fire by 1700 or five o'clock tomorrow afternoon," he said.Probably less blustery winds than we had yesterday.""We will add to that today. Six large bulldozer machines to help us get a containment line around the fire," Mr Bowden said.
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