Navy operations to evacuate people from the the isolated town of Mallacoota begin as forecasters warn temperatures will rise.
"They've been stuck here since these fires started on Sunday and conditions aren't great.Forecasters are warning that temperatures will soar above 40C on Saturday, bringing a return of wild winds.
Andrew Crisp, emergency management commissioner for Victoria, urged people in the area to leave their homes immediately and not count on luck to avoid disaster."This is your opportunity to get out. It is not just the fires we know. It is the new fires that might start today." Prime Minister Scott Morrison had called for calm on Thursday, before visiting the fire-devastated town of Cobargo., one of whom shouted he should be"ashamed of himself" and said he had"left the country to burn".
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