"We Want You To Get Out Now" - E. Gippsland Fires In Victoria Hit Extreme Danger Level
Bushfires in Victoria’s East Gippsland have reached a extreme danger level, forcing residents and holiday-makers to evacuate ahead of a scorching day across the state.
After tens of thousands of holiday-makers were told to leave the region amid worsening fire conditions, a section of the highway connecting the easternmost part of the state with NSW was closed due to bushfire. The road has since been re-opened, but the bushfire threatening the Wingan River area remained under an emergency warning, burning out of control 20km east of Cann River.
Emergency Victoria said the fire had increased rapidly in size and is approximately burning through 1200 hectares.
Another emergency alert remained in place for Amboyne, Bonang, Cabanandra, Deddick Valley, Dellicknora and Tubbut. The bushfire threatens lives in these communities as it travels in a northeasterly direction towards them. Emergency services had previously given a blunt safety warning to Lakes Entrance residents and about 30,000 holiday-makers visiting the area. “We are asking you to now leave East Gippsland from that area, east of Bairnsdale, along the coast there, into the parks, into the forest,” Emergency Management Victoria Commissioner Andrew Crisp told reporters on Sunday. “You should not be there (on Monday), and we want you to get out now.” Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Kevin Parkyn said a wind change in East Gippsland about midnight on Sunday night is “very problematic when it comes to fires and the landscape”.
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