Victoria's emergency services brace for a new fire threat tomorrow with dangerous hot and windy conditions forecast for the west of the state which has so far remained relatively untouched this fire season.
"The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for damaging wind gusts and those winds will start intensifying from Wednesday morning and maintain their intensity through the course of the day ahead of a wind change," Mr Parkyn said.
He said the forecast maximum temperature for Melbourne tomorrow was 32 degrees Celsius, with the maximum across the Northern Plains reaching into the mid-30s.
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