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Live bush and grass fires near Beechworth from Victoria's state emergency feed — with the official channels that matter in a fire.
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Live bush and grass fires near Beechworth from Victoria's state emergency feed — with the official channels that matter in a fire.
Whether anything is burning near Beechworth right now, drawn from the official VicEmergency incident feed. Beechworth sits at about 560 metres on forested granite uplands, ringed by bush — fire is the hazard that shapes the local calendar, not a hypothetical one. This page is a calm starting point, not a warning service: in a fire, act on VicEmergency and the CFA, and if you ever feel unsafe, leave early.
No bush or grass fires reported near Beechworth right now.
As of June 15 at 11:43 AM, the state emergency feed shows no bush or grass fires within 60 km of town.
This page is not an alert system
On Black Saturday, 7 February 2009, the Beechworth–Mudgegonga fire started near town in the early evening and ran through farmland and state park, killing two people, injuring twelve and destroying 38 homes, with the worst losses at Mudgegonga south-east of town. Beechworth is bushland-fringed on heavy eucalypt fuel, so a hot, dry, windy summer day is a serious-risk day — this is living memory, not history.
The CFA declares a Fire Danger Period for the municipality in the lead-up to summer — usually running roughly October to April, with the exact start set each year by rainfall and how dry the grass is. During it you need a permit to light an open-air fire, and on a declared Total Fire Ban day open-air fires are banned outright. Check the CFA North East fire district page before you light up.
Checked June 15 at 11:43 AM. Incident data from VicEmergency — © Country Fire Authority / State of Victoria, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The feed aggregates fire agencies nationwide; status and location lag the ground truth, especially in a fire’s first hours, and very new starts can take time to appear.