{"id":492355,"date":"2026-02-20T12:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492355\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:19:09","slug":"bushfire-at-gaffneys-creek-in-central-east-victoria-burning-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492355\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushfire at Gaffneys Creek in central-east Victoria burning out of control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Residents in a remote community in central-east Victoria have been urged to evacuate as a fire runs out of control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">More than 21 vehicles are responding to the blaze, near Gaffneys Creek, which has now burnt through more than 60 hectares of land and is continuing to travel south-east.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Residents near Gaffneys Creek have been told by authorities to leave immediately, while a Watch and Act warning is in place for residents near Woods Point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Roads have been closed in the area, with the Mansfield-Woods Point Road currently closed between Kevington and Woods Point.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A map of bushfires\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/839612cd63690108ab546a1a21e83441.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">An out-of-control fire is burning east of Marysville. (VicEmergency)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Local Carley Burdon operates the Woods Point Commercial Hotel, and said a town meeting was underway at the pub to keep residents updated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">She said the situation was changing rapidly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;The fire is not behaving very nicely,&#8221; Ms Burdon said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve lost power at the moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Ms Burdon said she hoped to keep the pub open to help feed firefighters and volunteers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Stay up to date with the latest warnings by downloading the VicEmergency app or visiting <a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/emergency.vic.gov.au\/respond\/\" data-component=\"Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the VicEmergency website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents in a remote community in central-east Victoria have been urged to evacuate as a fire runs out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43182,36506,44032,43,44,41,39,42,40,248670],"class_list":{"0":"post-492355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-bushfire","9":"tag-emergency","10":"tag-evacuate","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories","17":"tag-woods-point"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492355","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=492355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}