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a photo of a CFA tanker parked with blaze on a hill in the background

A Forest Fire Management Victoria person addresses Victorian community members in a hall

Dry grass with smoky air in the background

a photo shows the fire front at the grampians national park on 2nd February

A brown open paddock sits with massive plumes of smoke filling the sky from the horizon

Multiple people in firefighting attire standing around a vehicle in dense bushland

A dark cloud of smoke fills the shy above low mountain ranges

"There seems to be fire all around us at the minute."

Fire near Cavendish 010225

"The continental interior of Australia's like a frying pan at the moment,"
he said.

A man in a dark blue shirt speaks at a lecturn

two firefighters in yellow controlling a blaze in bushland using water hose. A red tanker is behind him.

"We've got a couple of days of the state baking, things are very hot and dry, so even with less [forecast] winds than we'd normally be concerned about, we still think any winds will drive any fires that do start."

A man in a blue shirt stands in front of a map of Victoria

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