Emergency Services

22 Mar 2025

Grand Ridge Road closed as emergency services work to clear truck accident

GRAND Ridge Road is closed to traffic as emergency services work to clear the scene of a truck accident near the corner of Grand Ridge Road and Warragul-Leongatha Road near Seaview/Ellinbank. It’s believed the flatbed truck left the road and went...

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20 Mar 2025

Power outage after electricity pole fire in Cape Paterson

POWER is currently out to 1303 homes in Cape Paterson after a power line fire this morning on the corner of Cassia Street and Surf Beach Road, Cape Paterson at 7.50am. Firefighters from Wonthaggi Fire Brigade extinguished the fire with the power...

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16 Mar 2025

Observant passerby limits fire damage at San Remo shop

A MINOR electrical fire in a shop on Marine Parade at San Remo last night, Tuesday, March 4, might have been worse but for the intervention of a passerby. Police have reported that a member of the public, walking past the building shortly after 9pm...

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05 Mar 2025

Wentworth Road fire likely an ‘illegal burn-off’, they say

WONTHAGGI fire fighters had a busy day on Thursday, February 13. There was another bin fire in Biggs Drive in the morning. Twelve fire trucks and a helicopter water bomber responded to a relatively small but concerning bushfire in the Wonthaggi...

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13 Feb 2025

Know the rules using machinery during today’s total fire ban

TODAY February 13 is a day of Total Fire Ban in the Central district including Bass Coast Shire and French Island when special restrictions and conditions apply to the use of farm machinery and other equipment. Here are some details on what you can...

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13 Feb 2025

Bushfire reported in Wonthaggi wetlands close to town

TEN fire trucks have responded to a ‘small’ bushfire in the Wonthaggi Wetland Reserve at 3pm today, Thursday, February 13, a Total Fire Ban day in the Central region of the state, including Bass Coast. The fire is located behind the Wonthaggi...

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13 Feb 2025

Train crashes into trailer and excavator near Sale

POLICE are at the scene of a collision in Kilmany, 35km east of Traralgon on Tuesday, morning February 11. Officers were told a trailer carrying an excavator, being towed by a truck on Princes Highway, was struck by an oncoming passenger V-line...

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11 Feb 2025

Phillip Island SES answered 45 calls after ‘mini cyclone’

AN INTENSE storm cell, which touched down in a discrete area of Phillip Island last Sunday, February 2, shortly after 5pm, has been described as a “mini cyclone” by affected residents mostly in the Ventnor area on the east side of the island...

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05 Feb 2025

Hailstones and storm warning for Bass Coast and South Gippsland

VIC Emergency has issued a Thunderstorm Warning for West and South Gippsland, including the Bass Coast Shire area with conditions likely to produce large hailstones and damaging winds. Already some storm cells have been sweeping across the area and...

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02 Feb 2025

‘Relief and gratitude’ after The Gurdies bushfire

WHEN The Gurdies bushfire blew up into a seriously dangerous inferno at 4.55pm on Friday, December 20, local resident Mahanama Wijayasiri was safely 30 minutes away from his home, on Gurdies-St Helier Road, at Pakenham. But the dramatic escalation...

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01 Feb 2025

Practised response to hazardous material alert at Phillip Island

A COMMON ingredient in the manufacture of a wide range of products, phosphoric acid is also rated as a “severe marine pollutant” that can severely affect human health through the inhalation of mist, ingestion and contact with skin and eyes...

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30 Jan 2025

Practice makes perfect for brigades at Port Welshpool boat fire

TRAINING in exactly the situation encountered at Port Welshpool on Wednesday this week, January 22, when a recreational fishing boat caught fire and ultimately burnt to the waterline, likely saved the Port Welshpool fishing jetty. Brigades from...

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