Developing: WATCH & ACT - BUSHFIRE - Not Safe to Return Incident Location: Bayindeen-Rocky Road, Australia
WATCH & ACT - BUSHFIRE - Not Safe to Return
Incident Location: Bayindeen-Rocky Road
Issue Date: Saturday 24 February 2024, 10:53 am
Next Update: Saturday 24 February 2024, 03:00 pm
More details at http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/warning/33060/moreinfo
This Watch and Act message is being issued for Amphitheatre, Glenlofty, Nowhere Creek and surrounding areas.
There is a bushfire at Bayindeen that is not yet under control.
The bushfire is travelling in a northerly direction south of Elmhurst.
Firefighters have been able to slow the spread of fire for now, but the situation can change at any time. You must monitor conditions and be ready to act.
This Watch and Act replaces the Watch and Act issued at 3:57am on Saturday, 24 February 2024.
If you left the warning area, it is Not Safe to Return. Be aware of potential dangerous bushfire and tree hazards.
What you should do:
If you have not already left:
- Stay where you are and avoid dangerous bushfire and tree hazards.
- Check you have enough food, drinking water and medications - if you do not, phone Triple Zero (000) for assistance.
If you have already left:
- Do not return to your home until a Safe to Return notification is issued.
- Relief centres ares open at:
- CE Brown Reserve. 236 -298 Dowling Street, Wendouree (Lake Wendouree Football Ground).
- Alexandra Oval, Waratah Avenue, Ararat.
- Princes Park Reserve, 40 Park Road, Maryborough.
- Register at a relief centre so that your friends, family and authorities can be informed that you are safe.
- Stay informed by listening to emergency broadcasters and monitoring warnings.
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