The mercury is forecast to reach near-record highs across Victoria on Thursday. Source: AAP
VICTORIANS have sweltered through the hottest November day in more than a century with the temperature soaring above 45C in some parts of the state.
Many rushed to beaches in a bid to cool down but it wasn't all fun in the sun with grass fires breaking out in northwest Victoria.
In Melbourne, the mercury crept up towards 40C and was still there by early evening, hitting a high of 39.6C at 6.10pm (AEDT).
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Dean Stewart said some relief was on the way with a change expected to hit Melbourne about 7pm which should cool things down to the high 20s.
Melburnians were set for a steamy night with the temperature expected to remain in the 20s, with a minimum of 23C forecast and a high of 28 and patchy rain on Friday.
The state's hotspot was Ouyen, just outside Mildura, where a maximum of 45.8C was recorded.
That beat the state's previous November record of 45C, which dated back to 1905 in Mildura.
The biggest grass fire was near Baringhup, close to Maryborough, which spread over 200 hectares after starting about 3pm (AEDT) but was subsequently contained.
The Country Fire Authority also dealt with a fire at Lillicur, 8km west of Talbot, which burned 20 hectares of grass and bush.
There were also grass fires in Edenhope, one near Avenel which caused smoke that disrupted traffic on the Hume Freeway, a plantation fire at Dartmoor and a four-hectare fire at Murtoa.
A CFA spokeswoman warned that dry lightning could hit in the west of the state on Thursday evening, which could cause further problems.
Total fire bans are in place in the Mallee and Wimmera districts, with farmers, particularly in the northwest of the state, warned of the extreme fire risk.
Ambulance Victoria said it had dealt with 25 reports of heat-related illness by 4pm and an additional eight cases where children had been locked in cars, including a three-year-old and a two-year-old in Greensborough.
That was despite peak motoring body RACV warning motorists never to leave children or animals inside cars.
CitiPower customers in Melbourne's CBD and inner suburbs were hit by power outages, with 2500 homes losing power at some point on Thursday.
Some 1300 Powercor customers in central and western Victoria, and Melbourne's western suburbs, also had power outages during the day.
In St Kilda East, a driver suffered minor injuries when a power pole exploded, the heat from the explosion causing his windscreen to shatter. It is not known if the explosion was caused by the day's heatwave.
It was an uncomfortable journey home for some Melbourne workers. Commuters faced delays on a number of Metro train lines because of issues unrelated to the heat, after balloons floated into overhead cables near busy Southern Cross Station and a signal problem at Caulfield.
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