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Firefighting crews will remain at the scene of a large bushfire cleaning up and blacking out the area.
Ballarat incident controller Tony Morriss said weather conditions and light rains had helped more than 150 firefighters and a number of aircrews bring the large Lake Goldsmith fire under control.
Crews brought the almost-100 acre fire under control at around 1.30pm much earlier than the 3pm target.
Mr Morris said “around half a dozen sheep” had been destroyed in the blaze along with fencing, but no property or human lives were threatened.
He said DELWP and CFA crews would construct a mineral earth line while other crews would remove hazardous trees. At this stage no roads are blocked.
The cause of the fire is still being investigated but it is believed to have been started by a weekend burn-off.
“The wind caused the embers to spread … in these conditions burn-offs are still a a factor (in bushfires),” Mr Morriss said.
He said the large number of resources deployed had significantly contributed to the quick control of the fire.