Homeowners start to return to area,but fire authority warns that danger could return when temperatures rise up to 35C on modern Year’s Eve The cost of property losses from a bushfire that burned through Victorian coastal towns on Christmas Dayis expected to climb to more than $40m.
As homeowners and insurance assessors were slowly let back into the area, firefighters took advantage of cooler conditions on Monday morning to attempt to contain the 2, and 290ha fire ahead of predicted severe fire conditions on modern Year’s Eve.
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Source: theguardian.com