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Smoke is expected to linger in the Hawkesdale and Kirkstall areas after planned burns on Saturday, April 20.
There was a 75-hectare planned burn yesterday five kilometres south of Hawkesdale, which was being patrolled.
There was also a 20-hectare planned burn one kilometre north of Kirkstall.
Mid last week there were also planned burns on the Woolsthorpe-Heywood Road.
Forest Fire Management Victoria firefighters undertook six planned burns across the south-west early last week, which is causing visible smoke across the region.
Last Monday there were fires burning at:
- Sandy Track Block 1 (325 hectares) in the Drajurk State Forest,
- Kilmoc Road (220 hectares) at Killara,
- Transmission Line East (60 hectares) in the Cobboboonee Forest Park,
- Jackys Swamp (283 hectares) in the Cobboboonee Forest Park, and
- Wallaby Track (380 hectares) at Wilkin.
There are also plans to ignite a 100-hectare burn, about 20 kilometres north-west of Drajurk at the Tooloy-Lake Mundi Wildlife Reserve.
For the latest information about when and where planned burns are happening near you, visit https://plannedburns.ffm.vic.gov.au/
Last week: Traffic was being diverted around a planned burn on the Casterton-Penola Road due to a dense mix of smoke and fog.
Woodrowe Tree Tech traffic management supervisor Brenda Quinert said on Tuesday that only local traffic was being allowed along the route.
She said trucks and other traffic were being diverted along the Glenelg Highway at both the Casterton end and from the western approach near the South Australian border.
Ms Quinert described the mix of fog and smoke as "fairly thick" about 15 kilometres west of Casterton on the Casterton-Penola Road.
"Police have closed the road to all but local traffic from the South Australian end as well," she said.
There was a planned burn listed on Monday, according to the emergency.vic.gov.au website about 15 kilometres west of Casterton.
That burn was listed as being 325 hectares and was still going.
Forest Fire Management Victoria firefighters are undertaking five planned burns across the south-west, which is causing visible smoke across the region.
On Monday there were fires burning at:
- Sandy Track Block 1 (325 hectares) in the Drajurk State Forest,
- Kilmoc Road (220 hectares) at Killara,
- Transmission Line East (60 hectares) in the Cobboboonee Forest Park,
- Jackys Swamp (283 hectares) in the Cobboboonee Forest Park, and
- Wallaby Track (380 hectares) at Wilkin.
There are also plans to ignite a 100-hectare burn, about 20 kilometres north-west of Drajurk at the Tooloy-Lake Mundi Wildlife Reserve.
For the latest information about when and where planned burns are happening near you, visit https://plannedburns.ffm.vic.gov.au/
