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A warrant is out for Craig Leith’s arrest after police charged him with arson and he was convicted in absence of domestic violence offences.
More than 6000 hectares are being burned as authorities catch up on delayed hazard reductions.
The Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre is on the outskirts of Ballan,near Ballarat,where Country Fire Authority volunteers are put through simulated disasters in preparation for actual incidents.
The blaze was reported at 4am Thursday morning,with residents near Canning River told to evacuate their properties.
More than 1 million feral deer are thought to call Victoria home. But unlike native dingoes,they remain a protected species.
Tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate and a helicopter pilot has been killed trying to extinguish some of the worst fires the nation has ever experienced.
DFES have downgraded a bushfire warning for Perth’s northern suburbs – but residents have been told to stay updated in case conditions change.
Insurance companies,the banks and the government know what’s coming,but they don’t want to talk about it before it happens,mainly because they don’t know what to do about it.
Flames twice the height of trees moved through the area at the weekend,destroying one home and damaging two others.