Authorities said temperatures of more than 40 Celsius, strong winds, thunderstorms and a wind change moving across the state meant Monday would be one of the most significant fire weather days in Victoria’s history
State Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp told both residents and tens of thousands of holidaymakers in the East Gippsland region to leave no later than Monday morning.“What we are saying now, based on the conditions that will be confronting us tomorrow across the state, but in particular in East Gippsland, is that if you’re holidaying in that part of the state, it’s time that you left,” Crisp said at a media conference on Sunday.
The event was meant to run until New Year’s Eve and some 9,000 people were already camping on site when the announcement was made. “As this is a very prolonged fire season, this is putting additional demands on our firefighters,” Morrison told a news conference.
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