A LARGE bushfire in Victoria's southwest continues to burn out of control as the state positions firefighters near the border to help NSW and the ACT.
A blaze at Kentbruck has burnt though 9000 hectares, and a westerly wind has forced the fire back on itself.
Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley said southwesterly winds expected later on Tuesday would push the blaze towards the Princes Highway close to Dartmoor.
The fire was not expected to hit Dartmoor directly but the town was on the highest alert, he said.
"We don't believe this fire will be controlled today. This will reach into tomorrow due to the conditions in southwestern Victoria," Mr Lapsley told reporters.
He said northeastern Victoria was experiencing wind speeds of up to 60km/h and temperatures reaching the low 40s.
"It is serious fire weather in northern Victoria, it is very serious fire weather in southern NSW. Fires that do start will run hard, fast and be very difficult to control," he said.
He said Victorian fire crews would be positioned at Wodonga and Wangaratta to help respond to fires in southern NSW if required, as well as blazes in northeastern Victoria, including Corryong. The water bomber, Elvis, had also been moved from Essendon to Wangaratta, he said.
Victorian fire crews were expected to help fight a growing blaze between Cooma and Bega in NSW.
"We will be available to provide support north of the Murray River, obviously, and as far as Canberra in the initial attack," Mr Lapsley said.
He predicted it would become a major fire that would burn with a southwesterly change on Tuesday pushing it from Cooma towards Bega.
"We will wait and see how that plays out," Mr Lapsley said.
"State borders do not have any impact on the way in which we operate."
The 64 Victorian firefighters who went to Tasmania on Sunday would return on Thursday and be replaced with a fresh contingent on Friday.
Late on Tuesday afternoon an emergency warning was issued to residents in the Chepstowe area, 30km west of Ballarat in Victoria, as a fast-moving grassfire continued in a northeasterly direction.
A watch and act alert was issued for another section of the fire, which was heading towards Carngham, home to about 410 people.
Mr Lapsley said a separate small fire at Sunbury on the Calder Highway had been controlled by 30 fire crews.
An emergency alert was sent to 1400 people in the area, in Melbourne's northwest, via mobile phones and landlines.
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