20/04/2026
We’re currently doing planned burning to keep Victoria safer from bushfires.
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If weather and forest conditions are right, firefighters will light the following burns in the coming days:
Barwon South West:
📍Moggs Creek – Boyd Avenue (47 hectares)
📍Ocean Grove – Nature Reserve – Grubb Road (17 hectares)
📍Anglesea – Hurst Road (88 hectares)
Gippsland:
📍Fernbank – Fernbank Track (20 hectares)
📍Briagolong – Coopers Road (394 hectares)
📍Coongulla – Mount Hedrick (1,515 hectares)
📍Bonang – Pretty Gully Track (442 hectares)
📍Bonang – Yellow Streak Mine (780 hectares)
📍Marthavale – Barmouth Spur (2870 hectares)
📍Anglers Rest – Big River (1592 hectares)
📍Clifton Creek – Indians Road North (199 hectares)
Grampians:
📍Meredith – Byrne Road (66 hectares)
📍Blakeville – Cricket Ground Track (107 hectares)
📍Ross Creek – Carey Road (107 hectares)
📍Bullarto – Wild Dog Road (145 hectares)
Hume:
📍Tatong – Tiger Hill North (412 hectares)
📍Howqua – Dungeon Gully West (108 hectares)
📍Back Creek – Schmidt North Track (142 hectares)
Loddon Mallee:
📍Patchewollock– State Forest Chained Break (250 hectares)
📍Murray Sunset– Wymlet Boundary (491 hectares)
📍Hunter Elmore -Cohuna Rail Line – Humbolt Track Bushland Reserve (15 hectares) – Traditional Owner burn with DJAARA
📍Spring Gully – Wattle Drive (43 hectares)
📍Burnbank – Graveyard Dam Track (137 hectares)
Port Phillip:
📍Deanside – Neale Road Conservation Area 3-3 (38 hectares)
📍McCrae – Wonga Ma (0.19 hectares) Traditional Owner burn with Bunurong
📍Kalorama – Scenic Crescent (4 hectares)
📍Dromana – OT Dam (0.29 hectares) Traditional Owner burn with Bunurong
📍Mount Toolebewong – Coranderrk Aqueduct (126 hectares)
Without planned burning and other fuel management works, bushfires will be bigger and harder for our firefighters to control.
🔥You may see or smell smoke.
👀 Watch for our crews and follow their directions.
📞 If you experience symptoms that may be due to smoke exposure, please seek medical advice or call NURSE-ON-CALL on 1300 60 60 24.
🌐Detailed information about current air quality throughout Victoria can be found at www.epa.vic.gov.au
Unexpected weather conditions can mean plans change at the last minute and a burn may not go ahead, even if communities have already been notified. When this happens, our crews will continue to monitor the conditions and re-schedule the burn for a later date.
VicEmergency
CFA (Country Fire Authority)
