Victorians who have lost property thanks to a planned burn that got out of control will find out if they can get state government compensation.
Environment Minister Lisa Neville says the issue will be covered in an independent review into the fire.
"This is all going to be subject to the outcome of the review and as I said today in conversations, I've made sure this is going to be an external review so that people in the community can have confidence," Ms Neville told reporters on Wednesday.
The Cobaw fire started as a Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning controlled burn but jumped containment lines twice before getting out of control on Saturday.
Ms Neville said she wasn't aware of any precedent where a resident had taken on the state government over a planned burn gone wrong.
"There have been very few that have breached to this extent," she said.
The government doesn't expect to be doing much more short-term planned burning as the hot, dry conditions have made it too dangerous.
A Country Fire Authority firefighter surveys the ruins of a house near Lancefield north of Melbourne. (AAP) Source: AAP
"There will be still some targeted planned burns if the weather permits in certain areas where we know we continue to still have a high risk. This is a balancing act all the time," Ms Neville said.
"The staff who do these planned burns are very distressed about what's happened here and they want to see this review occur as well."
The details of the review will be announced in the coming days.
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