Published: January 17, 2020
Warnings to Nug Nug and Buffalo River downgraded but residents told to be on high alert for wind changes
Firefighters are backburning around the northern edge of a 90,000ha fire in Victoria’s alpine region after residents were ordered to evacuate to escape spotfires in the hills around Mount Buffalo.
About 130 firefighters from the Country Fire Authority and Forest Fire Management Victoria were working on the fire ground, after warnings to the communities of Nug Nug and Buffalo River were downgraded from an emergency alert to a watch and act alert in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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