Rain and a cool change has helped firefighters contain a large blaze that has been burning since mid-December.

A bushfire raging for 21 days is finally contained, thanks to a cool change and rain bringing welcome relief for emergency crews.

Residents are rejoicing as rain clouds rather than smoke cover the national park mountains and the fire is declared contained after burning out of control for 21 days.

SYDNEY: Australia’s southeast sweated in a heatwave that intensified on Sunday, elevating bushfire risk and prompting authorities to issue fire bans for more parts of Victoria state.

Australia's southeast sweated in a heat wave that intensified on Sunday, elevating bushfire risk and prompting authorities to issue fire bans for more parts of Victoria state. Australia is in the ...

Australia’s south-east sweated in a heatwave that intensified today, elevating bushfire risk and prompting authorities to ...

Australia’s southeast is experiencing a heatwave that has intensified on Sunday, increasing the risk of bushfires and ...

Amid a sweltering weekend heatwave, hundreds of Victorian firefighters continued to battle out-of-control bushfires across the state’s west while lifesavers conducted more than 140 rescues.

eastern side of the Grampians National Park from Halls Gap to Bornes Hill, including Mafeking and Watgania.

The huge blaze that has ripped through Victoria's Grampians National Park has affected homes, farmlands and vast areas of the ...