Dozens of firefighters to be helicoptered into Victorian town cut off by fire

A "shift change" for firefighters in Mallacoota will be carried out by air on Wednesday.

A firefighting helicopter tackles a bushfire near Bairnsdale in Victoria's East Gippsland region. Source: AAP

 

A new team of firefighters will be helicoptered into the Victorian coastal town of Mallacoota to assist the 4,000 people who remain stuck there after the region was ravaged by fire.

Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters on Wednesday "we've got people that are isolated in the middle of the fire".

"We've got choppers taking 90 firefighters out of the Mallacoota area, they can't be removed any other way - we're essentially doing a shift change by the air," he said.

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