Victoria bushfires: fuel reduction burns would not have saved homes, says minister

Lisa Neville says ‘intensity of this fire was enormous’ after blazes destroyed 11 properties in state’s east

Fuel reduction burns would not have stopped bushfires that have destroyed 11 properties in eastern Victoria, the state’s emergency management minister has said.

The fires in Bunyip and Yinnar South in west Gippsland have destroyed at least nine properties, including some homes, and the small community of Dargo in east Gippsland remained under threat on Tuesday.

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