Another emergency warning has also been issued further east at the Wingan River fire, which has burnt through more than 27,000 hectares. The Princes Highway has been closed between Cann River and Genoa because of the fire threat, so is Great Alpine Road between Bruthen and Ensay. "This is a high-risk day for Victoria, it is a day we don't often see," Mr Crisp told ABC TV. Yet East Gippsland Shire Council mayor John White told ABC radio it wasn't a "mass exodus". "I have been driving the Princes Highway early this morning and I have met a few boats and trucks but very light traffic really.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 29, 2019 22:30 UTC