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🚧 Road update – local roads starting to reopen after the fires
Great news, our local roads are starting to reopen! Please drive with care the following roads (safety controls are in place):
✅Whanregarwen Road
✅ U T Creek Road
✅ Ghin Ghin Road (open to the Resource Recovery Centre, closed beyond that point)
✅ Mt Pleasant Road
✅ Halls Flat Road
✅ Ellerslie Rise
✅ Yarck Village Place
Road conditions in fire‑affected areas remain hazardous, so please:
🔸 drive with extra care
🔸 follow all road signs and directions from emergency services
🔸 use VicTraffic for live road condition and closure updates
Most local roads in the fire impact area remain legally closed and are accessible only to authorised emergency and response services.
🔥 Due to today’s Total Fire Ban, no roadworks or assessment activities are occurring. Crews will resume once conditions allow.
👉 For the latest list of local road closures by region visit our website: www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/fireimpactedroads
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TOTAL FIRE BAN FOR TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY)
FROM CFA MEDIA: A Total Fire Ban (TFB) has been declared for the North Central, Central and Wimmera districts tomorrow, Wednesday, 4 February 2026.
Tomorrow will be another hot and dry day, particularly in North Central and Central parts of the state, with temperatures reaching up to 35 degrees broadly, and up to 29 degrees on the south western coasts.
Moderate north to north westerly winds will develop during the morning before a light south westerly wind change in the afternoon. However, gusty, isolated and dry thunderstorms are possible, with the risk of dry lightning higher in the north.
A Total Fire Ban means no fire can be lit in the open air or allowed to remain alight from 12.01am to 11.59pm on the day of the Total Fire Ban.
CFA Chief Officer Jason Heffernan said the TFB has been declared due to the elevated fire danger following continued dry conditions and the current fires in the landscape.
“Tomorrow’s conditions will make it difficult for firefighters to suppress a fire should one start,” Jason said.
“We know grassfires can start and spread quickly, especially on days when the Fire Danger Rating is Extreme and when dry thunderstorms are likely.
“We’re asking people to follow the strict conditions associated with the Total Fire Ban declaration and consider postponing paddock work for the day.
“Understand how the increased fire risk will impact you and ensure your fire plan covers all possible contingencies.”
Victorians can find out if it is a Total Fire Ban on the CFA website www.cfa.vic.gov.au, where it is usually published by 5pm the day before a Total Fire Ban.
For more information on what you can and can't do visit the Can I or Can't I page on the CFA website.
Victorians should also make sure they have access to more than one source of information.
They include:
ABC local radio, commercial and designated radio stations of Sky News
The VicEmergency App
The VicEmergency website www.emergency.vic.gov.au
The VicEmergency Hotline on 1800 226 226
CFA or VicEmergency Twitter or Facebook
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A Total Fire Ban has been declared for the Wimmera, Central and North Central Fire Districts for tomorrow, Wednesday 4 February 2026.
No fires can be lit, or be allowed to remain alight, in the open air from 12:01 AM until 11:59 PM. More information: www.cfa.vic.gov.au/firebans
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PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FIRE:
Have you faced any challenges with bureaucracies or red tape post-fire? Have you faced any fine-print issues? Have you been able to access the support you need? Are there any changes you would like to see occur?
Let us know in comments.
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