Fire season is under way with blazes across the country and total fire bans in place in parts of WA, South Australia, Victoria and NSW.
Source: AAP / Sean Blocksidge / PR ImageTotal fire bans are in place for parts of NSW, WA, Victoria and South Australia after a record breaking start to October.Strong winds, combined with intense heat, are making conditions more severe.and residents are being told to leave as crews battle to bring a bushfire in Victoria's Gippsland region under control.
Firefighters have been unable to stop the fire which is moving towards the Princes Highway and threatening homes and lives, the Victorian Country Fire Authority said. Another out of control fire, which started further south near Lakeside Track within the Gippsland Coastal park, is also causing concern.The fire is moving southeast after it crossed the Longford-Loch Sport Road and residents in Seacombe and nearby areas who have been unable to leave should take shelter.
"At the moment we've got a fire situation affecting families in East Gippsland, and then not 24 hours later an emergency rain event affecting those same communities," he said.The Bureau of Meteorology said on Tuesday that people in the Central, West and South Gippsland and parts of East Gippsland, South West, North Central, North East and Wimmera districts should brace for damaging winds and heavy rainfall.
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