<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities have warned of the "real" risk that people could be killed as </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="_blank" title="Victoria"><span>Victoria</span></a><span> braces for catastrophic fire conditions tomorrow.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victoria's Acting Premier Ben Carroll issued a dire warning about what the state faced in the coming days, as crews battle multiple fires burning out of control across the state.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are talking tomorrow of uncontrollable, unpredictable bushfires with a real risk of loss — loss of life and property," Carroll said.</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>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/adasyn-wood-savin-tasmania-quad-bike-crash-death/48c0f10f-68e9-4cae-96c3-fdbaab438f6c" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Tributes for 'beautiful' 16-year-old killed in quad bike crash</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Catastrophic means catastrophic. Victoria is one of the most bushfire-prone areas in the world."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He urged people to comply with emergency services warnings and stay up to date.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The best protection you can give your family is leaving early," he said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/towns-evacuated-as-two-victorian-fires-continue-to-burn-through-bushland/22e0192a-8f6c-4048-9ce7-254e3fff9d4a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Bureau of Meteorology's Sarah Scully told </span><em><span>Today</span></em><span> that conditions in Victoria would deteriorate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Tomorrow is going to be a really peak fire danger day, with damaging winds across South Australia and Victoria and extreme to catastrophic fire dangers on the forecast," she said.</span><em><span>Today</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're expecting the next few days to continue to be really hot, and Melbourne's temperature goes up again to 41 degrees tomorrow, but then a strong cold front will finally flush that heat away."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cooler temperatures are expected by the end of the weekend.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Up to 88 firefighters and about 70 aircraft, including a Black Hawk helicopter, are being deployed from NSW to assist crews on several fronts in Victoria.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Multiple districts will be rated "catastrophic" for fire danger tomorrow, with residents urged to leave by 7am.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-bonnet-up-scam-police-men-charged/8b4beeb0-1844-4426-b07e-ade43777c67d"><strong><span>Two charged, two more wanted after 'bonnet up' scam targeting elderly women</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>So far, the South West, Wimmera, Northern Country, and Northern Central districts will have the "catastrophic" rating, with the rest of the state's fire danger rating "extreme".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A total fire ban will be in place statewide, with hot, dry conditions and the risk of dry lighting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It will be unpredictable, uncontrollable, and fast moving fires tomorrow," Emergency Management Commissioner Tim Wiebusch said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h2><strong><span>Longwood fire spreads in multiple directions</span></strong></h2></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An emergency warning is active for a fire that continued to burn overnight in Longwood, north of Seymour.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fire is spreading to the west towards Locksley and to the south towards Ruffy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Residents in Avenel, Caveat, Dropmore, Highlands, Ruffy, Tarcombe, Terip Terip, Locksley, Longwood, Longwood East and Upton Hill have been urged to leave immediately towards Seymour.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Embers are starting small fires ahead of the main fire, triggering a watch and act warning for residents in southern parts of Caveat, Dropmore and Highlands as well as Terip Terip and Yarck.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-bushfires-alert-sign-cut-down/1f797424-ba6c-46aa-9480-04dcbb4c6ed7"><strong><span>Police slam 'reckless' thieves for cutting down fire danger warning sign</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Prepare to Leave, have your items ready and your travel plans organised," a message from the CFA said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fire could also impact land south of a zone bound by Maggies Lane, Mount Monica, Tarcombe Road, Nolans Road and Bunting Hills Road, VicEmergency warned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fire behaviour is expected to increase during the day and will affect communities south of the fire, VicEmergency warned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The blaze has forced the closure of the Hume Freeway between Violet Town and Avenel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Avenel-Longwood Road and Clarkes Road are open.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wiebusch said two "structures" so far had been confirmed destroyed in the Longwood fire.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The structures were spotted from the air in deep bushland but had not undergone a closer inspection.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wiebusch said it was not yet certain whether the structures were homes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They are the only confirmed property losses so far.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>New 'leave now' warning for second fire</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A new "leave immediately" warning has been issued for the Walwa fire, near Wodonga on the border of Victoria and NSW.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The warning covers Bungil, Burrowye, Guys Forest, Koetong, Mount Alfred, Mount Alfred Gap and Thologolong.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The blaze has burnt through Mt Lawson State Park for days now, spreading across more than 1200 hectares of land.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is now spotting ahead of into the private land around the Burrowye area.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Residents north of the Burrowye Fire Station are told to go north on Guys Forest Road on the Murray River Road towards Corryong.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Those south of the Burrowye Fire Station should go south on the Guys Forest Road towards Corryong.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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