A truck driver has escaped serious injury after the vehicle he had been driving exploded in flames,closing part of Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway and causing traffic chaos.
Residents in south-east Victoria have been put on high alert for epidemic thunderstorm asthma.
Paramedics are on standby after a chemical spill inside a University of Melbourne research facility.
A gas leak in Coburg that was called'extremely dangerous'has been fixed,and the area has been given the all-clear by fire crews.
Residents can return home but authorities are uncertain whether a dam is the source of a water leak that caused more than 100 people to be evacuated at Torquay.
About 90 Olympic-sized pools worth of water is being pumped from a dam in Torquay in order to prevent a"catastrophic"collapse that could threaten homes.
Four coastal walkers have been saved in a dramatic air rescue in strong winds on the Great Ocean Road walk overnight.
A gum tree has fallen across a walking track in Melbourne's north-east,trapping at least one person and unleashing a swarm of bees on the victims.
Parts of Victoria that haven't yet been affected by bushfires will be at extreme or severe risk on Wednesday,while the first Mallacoota locals returned to the town on Monday.
The city's air quality deteroriated to'very poor'in almost all areas on Monday evenings,with hardware stores struggling to supply the demand for smoke masks.
Australia has always clung to the coast. Now it is burning. Will we heed its warning?