Victorian bushfire 'watch and act'

VICTORIAN BUSHFIRE "WATCH AND ACT"

WHERE

* 2700 hectares still burning in Benloch, Pastoria East, Pastoria, Nulla Vale, Baynton, Emu Flat

* Not under control

RESOURCES

* Bulldozers, creating 61km track around fire's perimeter

* 300 firefighters backed by fire-bombing aircraft

ROADS CLOSED

* Burke and Wills Track, between Baynton Road and Mission Hill Road

* Mission Hill Road and Emu Flat-Baynton Road

* Malones Road and Martins Road

* Whalans Track and Baynton Road

ROADS REOPENED

* Three Chain Road

* Oakleys Lane

* Mooneys Track, but accessible by local traffic only

DESTROYED

* Four properties

* 15 sheds

* Two cars and farm equipment

FORECAST

* Partly cloudy, top of 25C

* Thuderstorms in the afternoon, 70 per cent chance of rain

* North/north-easterly winds of 17-27 km/h

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

* Lancefield Mechanics Institute at 2pm Friday

* Benloch Fire Station at 4.30pm Friday