A massive bushfire burning in Little Desert National Park near the South Australian border has prompted emergency evacuations in several Victorian communities. Residents of Dimboola, Pimpinio, and Wail were ordered to evacuate on Monday evening, with the fire expected to impact Dimboola. A Watch and Act message is in place for communities surrounding the national park, urging residents to be prepared for potential fire danger. The fire, which has already burned over 50,000 hectares, is creating its own weather system and is expected to continue burning intensely. Authorities warn that a wind change may push the fire towards Dimboola and urge residents to evacuate if safe to do so.
A relief centre is open at Horsham Senior Citizens Centre, 17 Roberts Avenue, Horsham. Residents in Dimboola in Victoria 's west have been told to take shelter immediately as a bushfire burns out-of-control in Little Desert National Park near the South Australian border. An evacuation order was issued at 6:46pm on Monday night for the communities of Dimboola, Pimpinio and Wail, with the fire expected to impact Dimboola.
Residents in communities to the north of the fire have been told to take shelter immediately, including Dimboola, Gerang Gerung, Kiata, Kinimakatka, Lawloit, Little Desert, Winiam, Winiam East. Dry lightning started several fires in the national park in western Victoria during a day of extreme fire danger, with visitors and campers have been urged to immediately leave the park. A Watch and Act message has also been issued for the communities around the national park, including Kinimakatka, Winiam Wast, Duchembegarra, Cooack, Goroke, Minimay, Peronne and Nurcoung. Speaking at 8.30pm, Luke Heagerty from the State Control Centre said the fire in Little Desert National Park had grown in excess of 50,000 hectares. 'To give you an idea, the area that's burnt through is just a little bit less than what burnt through the Grampians fire a few weeks ago — over a 21 day period,' he said.'There's a lot of energy that this fire is creating, and what that means is it's effectively creating its own weather system,' Mr Heagerty said. 'Even with the cool change, there will still be a lot of smoke around, a lot of potential for this fire to continue to behave in ways that it otherwise wouldn't, just because of the intensity of this fire.' He said a telephone alert had been issued to the area, and said residents should not return to their homes this evening.Mr Heagerty said a wind change was expected to push the fire towards Dimboola, and urged people to evacuate if safe to do so.'The reason for that is that we want people to get out tonight whilst there's still some daylight, whilst they can get on the roads that are safe for them to travel on.' Meanwhile, another fire is burning in the northern part of the Grampians National Park, with campers at the Strachans campground, Victoria Valley and Mirranatwa told to leave immediately. Watch and Act warnings have also been raised for Cranage and Zumsteins in the Grampians National Park
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