A bushfire burning in The Gurdies on the Bass Coast in regional Victoria has prompted authorities to issue a Watch and Act message. Residents are being urged to prepare for immediate evacuation as the fire, not yet under control, travels north towards Woodland Close. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) has deployed 24 fire trucks to the scene.
The CFA says 24 fire trucks have been sent to a bushfire in The Gurdies on the Bass Coast in regional Victoria .
The Country Fire Authority says there are 24 fire trucks on scene at Woodland Close in The Gurdies, a village about 100 kilometres from Melbourne and just north of Grantville on the Bass Coast.
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