SATURDAY will be a total fire ban day throughout the whole state including the Wimmera and South West regions.
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Stawell is in the Wimmera fire ban region, which had a forecast for ‘extreme’ fire danger conditions on Saturday.
Ararat’s South West region had a severe fire danger forecast for Saturday.
No fires can be lit in the open air in the region between one minute past midnight and 11.59pm on January 6.
The Country Fire Authority has advised residents that the fire danger rating for the Wimmera was extreme with a hot day forecast.
People living in areas at risk of fire are advised to activate their bush fire plan.
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a maximum temperature of 42 degrees on Saturday.
Overnight temperatures will fall to between 19 and 22 degrees.
There will be light winds becoming north to northwesterly at 25 to 40 kilometres per hour during the morning then shifting gusty southwesterly during the afternoon.
Daina Oliver
Daina Oliver is digital journalist based in Launceston. She was previously a local government reporter at The Daily Advertiser and The Wimmera Mail-Times after joining ACM in 2017. She is originally from Whyalla, South Australia, and graduated from the University of Adelaide in 2016 with a Bachelor of Media with a specialisation in journalism. Got stories? Get in touch. daina.oliver@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Daina Oliver is digital journalist based in Launceston. She was previously a local government reporter at The Daily Advertiser and The Wimmera Mail-Times after joining ACM in 2017. She is originally from Whyalla, South Australia, and graduated from the University of Adelaide in 2016 with a Bachelor of Media with a specialisation in journalism. Got stories? Get in touch. daina.oliver@austcommunitymedia.com.au
