Dozens of bushfires have burnt large swathes of the Australian state of Victoria, destroying homes and farms, in the worst fire conditions since Black Saturday five years ago.
Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley says up to 10 homes have been lost in Warrandyte, Mickleham/Craigieburn and Gisborne but there have been no significant injuries or deaths.
Fire has moved to the edge of the western urban area of Morwell, into plantation areas and is impacting on two open cut coalmines.
Emergency warnings were in place for several Latrobe Valley townships on Sunday evening and fires were threatening power stations, open cut mines, plantations and a paper mill.
A contingent of 41 New Zealand firefighters are in Victoria to help local crews.
