Gut-wrenching ordeal for dog breeders
A Morwell family remains in a state of anguish over the death of five dogs on their Latrobe Road property, lost in the Hernes Oak fire on Sunday.
Hunt on for arsonist
Police are pursing multiple avenues of enquiry in the hunt for those responsible for the suspicious Driffield fire.
Power under fire again
LAST year fire forced Gippsland Power from a Mount Hotham altitude camp via airlift, this year it came right to the club's doorstep.
Poisoning conditions in Hazelwood mine
THE nightmarish firefight at the Hazelwood open cut suffered a serious setback yesterday after seven volunteer firefighters were taken to hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Across Gippsland
A snapshot of what's made news across Gippsland in the past week.
Gippsland freight plan launch criticised
The Shadow Minister for Freight and Logistics has slammed the Deputy Premier's launch of the Gippsland Freight Master Plan.
Gruelling trek
When you've no choice but to sleep night after night in a blood-soaked sleeping bag - caused from leech wounds which refuse to heal - you know you're in some mean bush.
Hazelwood under fire
Hazelwood's open cut mine was stranded without power overnight, as SP AusNet supply issues brought the operation to a standstill.
Close call for Morwell residents
Close call for Morwell residents
Yallourn open cut on CFA radar
Fire authorities are working against afternoon breezes to ensure embers do not spot into the Yallourn open cut and spark further coal mine fires.
Opportunistic thieves target Old Gippstown
More than $1500 worth of power tools were stolen from one of Old Gippstown's sheds during the power outage on Sunday night.
Homes lost as fire licks Morwell’s outskirts
The Country Fire Authority has confirmed some homes have been lost as fire licks the fringes of Morwell's west.
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