Firefighters warn a wind change is likely to worsen Otways blaze, while temperature records tumble across the state.

A bushfire threatens communities in south-western Victoria after it escapes control lines on Saturday afternoon, as a heatwave continues to scorch the state.

More than two dozen towns and localities in the Otways region were told to evacuate yesterday evening, with firefighters ...

Hundreds of people have evacuated as a bushfire in Victoria’s Otways flares during a severe heatwave, sending smoke over ...