Grampians bushfires rage on ahead of Christmas

Australian Community Media

Communities near the Grampians raced to safeguard their homes and gather personal belongings as the season's first fierce bushfires loomed, with extreme danger forecast for Boxing Day.

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00:00I'm here outside of Moyston, which is one of the fire affected communities on the outskirts

00:08of the Grampians National Park bushfire.

00:11It's currently 17 degrees and firefighters have had some respite from fighting the 44,000

00:17hectare bushfire, however it is the calm before the storm as conditions are expected to worsen

00:24on Boxing Day.

00:32While the February 13 bushfires are fresh in the minds of firefighters, many are saying

00:37this is more like the 2006 blazes, which unfortunately saw the loss of a life in the Horse Gap region.

00:45Boxing Day travellers have been urged to reconsider their plans as catastrophic conditions are

00:50forecast in Victoria for Thursday and Friday as temperatures reach 40 degrees.

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