However, they have yet to gain the upper hand and continue their efforts to contain the fire.
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Around 500 firefighters have been tending to the fires which have spanned more than 2,200-hectares since it was sparked by a lightning strike the previous weekend.
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@sarascarletstrachan: Nothing like being evacuated due to an out of control bushfire to remind you to wish everyone a happy and safe Christmas!
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More than 300 firefighters, 60 tankers and 18 aircraft battled the blaze overnight as it advanced on residential areas.
Former Victorian premier Steve Bracks has shared a holiday house at Wye River for 30 years.
Evacuation sirens sounded in towns along the road, a major tourist attraction southwest of Melbourne, as the normally packed route was closed and residents moved to hastily organized evacuation centers nearby.
“I was very keen to look him in the eye and fellow local brigade members and thank them for an extraordinary act of courage and bravery”, Mr Andrews said said.
VicRoads reported the only full road closure was along the Great Ocean Road between Skenes Creek and Lorne.
“We will be back into hot, windy weather in January without a doubt”, Craig Lapsley, the state’s emergency services commissioner, told a news conference.
The area is one of Australia’s leading tourist areas, famed for its picturesque scenery and the freakish rock formations visible just offshore in the blustery Southern Ocean.
Many of those forced to leave their homes had to spend Christmas night in hastily-arranged shelters.
A BUSHFIRE on Victoria’s south-west coast led to evacuations in towns between Lorne and Apollo Bay yesterday.
A further community meeting has been scheduled to be held in Lorne at the Cumberland Resort at 5pm for residents to receive further updates.
In February 2009, bush fires across Victoria state killed 173 people and destroyed 150 homes in the worst blazes in the nation’s history.
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The CFA has also warned of fallen power lines, fallen trees and leaking septic tanks within the devastated area.
