Fires burning in Grampians national park, Bullengarook, Creswick and at the Gurdies after residents of Bornes Hill, Moyston and Pomonal ordered to leave. Follow the latest updates live
- Full report: Evacuations in Victoria under way amid extreme fire threat, soaring temperatures and high winds
South Australia’s State Duty Commander, Ann Letcher, said a cool change was sweeping through the state earlier than expected.
“It’s gone across most of the southern areas, and it’s really just those eastern border areas that haven’t seen the change yet. But we are seeing with the change some increased winds that are lasting for a couple of hours after the change has come through.”
Over the next few hours, we expect the northerly winds to continue to strengthen, which will mean that any fire that is burning will spread.
Then we have the real risk later in the day, in the early evening through to night time, when the southerly wind change will hit the state.
This is a critical part of the day. If you don’t need to travel, please postpone your plans.”
“Stay off the roads, stay safe and keep up to date with the current fires and any new fires. Know what the warnings are for your area. Go to the Vic emergency app, the Vic emergency website, emergency.vic.gov.au or listen to local emergency broadcasters.
