MILDER weather has allowed Victorian firefighters to strengthen bushfire containment lines, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard visited fire-affected towns in the state's east.
A watch-and-act warning remains in place for a 1600-hectare fire burning on the southern side of Violet Town, about 170 kilometres north of Melbourne.
A state control centre spokesman said milder weather had reduced the fire and allowed firefighters to work on creating containment lines, with no immediate threat to towns.
"The fire condition has reduced due to moderate conditions," the spokesman told AAP on Monday.
Shepparton Incident Control Centre public information officer Alex Caughey said six aircraft, 255 firefighters and 60 vehicles were working on the blaze in difficult terrain.
Firefighters were also working on two controlled fires at Harrietville near Mount Feathertop in the northeast, and another fire in Gippsland, to the southeast, that has already destroyed homes while burning through almost 70,000 hectares.
"We're trying to rest crews where we can with these milder conditions but still work on those containment lines to consolidate them," the state control centre spokesman said.
Ms Gillard and Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu on Monday visited the towns of Seaton and Heyfield, where the Gippsland bushfire destroyed more than 20 homes and claimed the life of an 84-year-old man earlier this month.
Ms Gillard urged communities to be prepared and vigilant.
"I've also been here, too, to say to this community that we are thinking of them," Ms Gillard told reporters.
"We are yet to face what could be the worst of the bushfire season. Often in Victoria the weather in February is at its hottest and most dangerous," she said.
Ms Gillard said the fire was not out but only contained.
"I'd be asking people here in Victoria and around the nation to recognise that the bushfire risk is not over and people do need to be prepared and need to be very careful."
Premier Ted Baillieu thanked the volunteers and firefighters for their hard work.
"This fire has a long way to go. We have some dangerous weeks in front of us, and we will maintain all the effort we possibly can," he said.
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