Victoria burns through heatwave

Victorian fire crews are fighting four major fires as they brace for afternoon wind gusts up to 80km/h, that could see conditions deteriorate.

EMERGENCY WARNING

* Barnawartha, Indigo Upper, Indigo Valley

WATCH AND ACT

* Wandin North, Seville, Wandin East, Silvan

* Mount Doran, Elaine, Clarendon, Scotsburn

* Grenville, Mount Mercer

* Barnawartha, Barnawartha North, Indigo Valley, West Wodonga, Huon Creek, Castle Creek, Indigo Upper, Wodonga, Leneva West, Wooragee, Leneva, Yackandandah, Beechworth

ADVICE

* Buxton, Marysville, Taggerty, Granton, St Fillans, Narbethong

* Benwerrin, Lorne, Allenvale

* Shepparton North

* Bengworden, Delvine, Fernbank, Goon Nure, Meerlieu, Munro, Perry Bridge

DESTROYED

* Eight properties - a mix of homes and sheds - lost in Scotsburn

FORECAST

* Windy, dry conditions, a top of 39

* Wind change expected in afternoon, 80 per cent chance of rain late in the day

* Southwesterly winds up to 80 km/h predicted

COMMUNITY MEETINGS

* Marysville at the Community Centre at 2pm