The Mt Buffalo fire has increased in size from 700 hectares to 1,000 hectares despite the cooler conditions and light sporadic rain today.
It is basically following the road NE back towards Lake Catani and the Chalet.
Yesterday it was on the west side of that road but overnight and today it has spread to over and along the east side, with its fire-front in the vicinity of the old Tatra Inn site and encroaching The Hump / Cathedral and The Castle / Sentinel areas.
Local Fire Incident Controllers are now saying we are in for the long haul and these fires (includes Lake Buffalo - Nug Nug area), will go for weeks and have revised the amount of rainfall required to quench them up to 200 mm from the 100 mm previously stated.