{"id":472234,"date":"2026-02-11T06:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/472234\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T06:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:08:10","slug":"out-of-control-grass-fire-burns-north-west-of-clarkefield-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/472234\/","title":{"rendered":"Out-of-control grass fire burns north-west of Clarkefield, Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A grassfire burning across multiple suburbs on Melbourne&#8217;s north-western fringe is growing quickly after a wind change.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency-level blaze near Sunbury, around 40 kilometres from the CBD, \ufeffhas already burned through more than 250 hectares.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in Beveridge, Bolinda, Clarkefield, Darraweit Guim, Mickleham, Oaklands Junction, Sunbury and Wildwood have been told it is too late to leave and to take shelter immediately.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/6c22aceb-9c18-4a97-9013-9f965752569e.jpeg\"   alt=\"Grass fire in Clarkefield\"\/>Residents in Clarkefield, Bolinda and Darraweit Gum have been told to take shelter. (VicEmergency)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The safest option is to take shelter indoors immediately. Do not get in the car and drive,&#8221; a VicEmergency warning states.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is safer to stay where you are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The CFA said it was aware of reports of a caravan ablaze near the fireground.<\/p>\n<p>A recent wind change has shifted the flames in a north-easterly direction\ufeff towards Old Sydney Road, Mickleham.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/75fd6bf8-bbe6-4710-af8b-473f5f0d6b18.gif\"   alt=\"\"\/>Footage of the fire from above released by Emergency Vic. (Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you are in Mickleham on Donnybrook Road or Mandalay Estate, Beveridge be prepared to walk two streets back,&#8221; the CFA advised.<\/p>\n<p>An earlier warning noted the fire was travelling in an easterly direction towards Boggy Rate Road.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are concerned an imminent wind change could worsen conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple firetrucks are responding to the grass fire, along with water aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A grassfire burning across multiple suburbs on Melbourne&#8217;s north-western fringe is growing quickly after a wind change. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-472234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}