Bushfires hitting Victoria as residents and firefighters hope cooler weather will prevail

Firefighters hope cooler conditions will help them get on top of two out of control bushfires in Victoria

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00:00Now the wind is really picking up as forecast and that's going to pose problems for the

00:07firefighters out there on the fire field.

00:09That fire is still not under control and they're going to face a lot of challenges in what

00:15is really, really difficult terrain, thick bushland, inaccessible country.

00:22And the intensity of the fire that we saw yesterday, we hope we don't see a repeat today,

00:27but the intensity was really quite something and I did speak to Peter Irving who's the

00:33group officer with the Eden Hope Fire Brigade and he described just how ferocious the fire

00:38was.

00:39I've seen plenty of fires like that but the thing about it yesterday that struck me the

00:46most was how quick it ran through the bluegums and then once it got into Crown, how dry the

00:54Crown forests were, the spots were just lighting up as quick as they hit the ground.

01:01So this weekend, Saturday, Sunday coming, we have another couple of warm days and windy

01:06weather before that so it's going to be imperative for the firefighters to do what they can to

01:12get on top of this fire before that warm weather arrives but as I said, it's a real challenge

01:16because of the terrain, the inaccessibility of it, they've got a lot of difficulties in

01:22front of them.