<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A person has died in a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bushfire" rel="" target="" title="bushfire "><span>bushfire</span></a><span> in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victoria"><span>Victoria</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police say they have found human remains in the area being ravaged by the Longwood bushfire.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They have not been identified.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/live-updates-victorian-bushfires-and-cyclone-koji-forms/785b1734-98e7-42a4-a460-d2e2a0da2441"><strong><span>Towns wiped out as state remains on high alert</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-fires-multiple-bushfires-continue-to-burn-out-of-control-weather-conditions-ease-water-contamination-damage/1af8009c-3ff4-4bc5-881d-8c6af9a26edd" rel="" target="" title=" Homes razed, cattle killed as fires continue to burn"><strong><span>Homes razed, cattle killed as fires continue to burn</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"</span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria-police" rel="" target="" title="Police "><span>Police</span></a><span> were able to access a fire-affected stretch off Yarck Road at Gobur this afternoon," they said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The remains were found around 100m from a vehicle."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/bushfires-victoria-death-longwood-fire/6d742b08-2d80-4c4c-974f-5d917941adac" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The person is yet to be formally identified.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police will prepare a report for the Coroner.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Longwood fire is one of thee at </span><a href="https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/" rel="" target="" title=" emergency level "><span>emergency level</span></a><span> in the state.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's burning south east of Bendigo, almost two hours from Melbourne.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Multiple people have lost their homes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On Saturday Victoria Police confirmed the safety of three formerly "unaccounted for" people missing after their home was destroyed in the same fire.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Homes and an almost 150-year-old school were </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-bushfires-ruffy-residents-shattered-after-losing-family-relics/4c711e51-38aa-42b5-ada6-7526fbf3ebbf" rel="" target="" title="destroyed in the small town of Ruffy."><span>destroyed in the small town of Ruffy.</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three fires are burning at emergency-level in the state: the catastrophic Longwood fire in central Victoria, the fire in Walwa in the state's north-east and a fire in the Carlisle River in the Otways around the Great Ocean Road.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dozens of people have lost their homes, with about 300 structures destroyed, and cattle and wildlife have been killed and injured, including at an animal sanctuary.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thousands of firefighters are battling the bushfires after overnight winds worsened conditions across the state.</span></div></div>