Investigators have pinpointed an unattended campfire as the cause of a bushfire that burned through 14 hectares and forced campers to evacuate in Victoria’s south-west.

Police are warning about the dangers of unextinguished campfires following an incident in Cape Otway earlier this week that led to a ...

I should know every kink in the Great Ocean Road. I’ve travelled it since I was a kid – we lived in Warrnambool, spent every summer with my Apollo Bay cousins – but each time I visit Victoria’s ...

An abandoned campfire caused this week’s Otway Ranges bushfire, investigations have found. A criminal inquiry has been launched to find who left the fire unattended, leading to a major blaze which ...

This Community Information message is being issued for Apollo Bay, Cape Otway, Glenaire, Hordern Vale, Johanna, Marengo, Cape Horn . * There is a bushfire at Blanket Bay Road, Cape Otway that is under ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says headline inflation has now been in the RBA’s target band for four months; Victorian Liberal ...

Residents have been warned it’s “not safe to return or leave” amid a bushfire in Victoria’s south. Residents have been told ...

Residents and holidaymakers in the area have been urged shelter immediately on Wednesday morning.

An alert was sent out to locals and campers in the Cape Otway area and southern parts of Hordern Vale due to an out of control bushfire on Wednesday morning. Authorities say the fire is located on ...

Victorian firefighters bring a bushfire at Cape Otway under control, after some campers were evacuated in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

A warning has gone out to tourists and locals in a popular holiday region that they are in danger and it's too late to leave ...

More than 140 campers and holiday makers in the Otway Ranges have been evacuated while a bushfire is managed by firefighters.