Smokin Grampians

This is the biggest of the fires burning currently burning in Victoria.

 

A more general update on the fire:
The fire area is now estimated at 125,000 hectares. The perimeter of the fire remains at 350 kilometres.

Twenty-four houses have been confirmed lost, along with:

62,000 sheep

506 cattle

7 horses

11 goats

166 poultry

22 woolsheds

1 dairy shed

In excess of 1,500km of fencing

The equivalent of 409,055 square bales of hay

33,763 hectares of pasture

2 tonnes of grain
http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/news/incidents/index.php

 

The Smoke plume from the fire.

http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2006-01-27