Bushfire Warning Issued for Far West Victoria After Blaze Jumps South Australian Border

Authorities are confident they can have a blaze that jumped the South Australian border into Victoria under control within 24 hours.

So far an estimated 7266 hectares had been burnt by Saturday evening and while there have been no reports of homes lost so far, several structures including hay sheds have been destroyed from the blaze.

Thousands of sheep also perished from the fire, according to the CFA, who are hoping to get the incident under control within the next 24 hours.

“The crews are working really well, we aren’t expecting the fire to grow much further,” Incident Controller Mark Gunning said.

Read more at: https://thewest.com.au/

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