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Bushfires 1-Jan-2006 At 8:00:36 PM almontyrat

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There is more detailed information at
http://cfaonline.cfa.vic.gov.au/mycfa/Show?pageId=publicIncidentUpdates
which states that the western highway has been re-opened but that the gramps tourist road and many others are still closed. The fire is far from "safe", it is still classified as "going" which in firey terms means increasing in size. Having said that, the rain and cool change has sidnificantly improved the situation and the fire is likely to be contained very soon if not already.

As I am spending my summer as a project fire fighter for the DSE, I have been hovering by the phone all day to see if we (Inglewood crew) were going to be deployed. It seems unlikely at this stage although there are a few more nasty things happening in the north west..... Check out
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/fires/updates/report/
for information on other fires that are occuring on public land. Cheers Alison.