Gusty winds are forecast to push bushfires burning in parts of Victoria north, as rainfall is not expected to be enough to extinguish ongoing blazes.
Bushfires in Longwood and north-east Victoria are now large enough to generate their own weather systems with strong winds.
While cooler temperatures are setting in, the Bureau of Meteorology’s Dean Narramore is warning residents in northern Victoria and inland New South Wales of elevated fire danger due to wind conditions
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