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Firefighters spend second weekend battling Victorian bushfires

There's no rest for thousands of firefighters who are still battling scores of blazes in Victoria this Labour Day long weekend.

Bunyip bushfire

Victorian firefighters continue to battle scores of blazes across the state. Source: AAP

Thousands of firefighters are spending a second weekend battling scores of fires burning across Victoria's, while smoke hovers across the weekend.

The state's highest risk bushfire in the Bunyip State Park, east of Melbourne, has scorched about 15,000 hectares and still remains out of control.

More in English via SBS News.


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