getting worse - a 10-ton fire truck was blown over by a "fire tornado" & a young fireman killed, large areas have evacuation orders, folk in some of these areas are sent to the beach as the safest place if they haven't evacuated.

East Gippsland towns brace for bushfires as wind change sweeps Victoria

South Coast bushfires burn at emergency level, threatening lives and homes

bushfire storms can spark fire tornadoes dry lightning & more