Police are calling for witnesses after a 90 metre burnout caused a grass fire in Winslow on Saturday morning.
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Koroit police Sergeant Pat Day said the car was travelling south on Caramut Road and pulled up just before Greens Lane at 12.30am.
“The car has done a 90 metre burn out which was heard by residents and shortly after the grass on the side of the road caught fire,” Sergeant Pat Day said. “It burnt a section of grass on the side of the road and spread into a paddock.”
The fire burnt an area of 150 metres by 30 metres.
He said CFA officers had to cut the fence to access the paddock and extinguish the fire.
“There’s been a bit of burnout activity in the Winslow\ Woolsthorpe area. There’s been reports of a black ute with a hard cover doing burnouts in the area.”
Sergeant Day urged anyone who hears or sees a car doing a burnout to ring 000. He said people could also film the incident on their phone or take down the numberplate if safe to do so and report it to police.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Warrnambool Crime Investigation Unit on 5560 1333 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
