Temperatures are set to hit the high 30s across much of the state on Friday,pushing the fire-danger rating to ‘high’ in some parts.
The Age photographed the Nash family in 2009 after the fire destroyed all of their possessions bar the clothes line and a cubby house. We revisited them as The Age turns 170,and they say they can get through anything.
One type of injury suffered by police and firefighters leapt by 50 per cent during the Black Saturday and Black Summer bushfire disasters.
Victoria’s Environment Department is looking to make 208 people redundant in its bushfire and forest services group,including 118 in forest fire operations.
The CFA rejected the medical opinions of six experts and cut compensation to a traumatised firefighter based on the assessment of one dissenting psychiatrist.
A bushfire wiped out one-third of the tiny Grampians town of Pomonal 12 weeks ago. The town knew about resilience before the fire hit,and now it’s putting it into action.
The Moomba parade has been cancelled due to forecast severe heat,as drama engulfs a camping arts festival in regional Victoria that is proceeding despite an extreme fire warning.