A HOUSE was aflame and others were existence threatened as a gage blast southward of town continuing to defect discover of curb today, polity say.
The blast in the bayside community of Seaford, most 40km from Melbourne, has cooked finished about 5ha and was threatening homes in Paddington Avenue, Country Fire Authority (CFA) spokeswoman Adele Buhagiar said.
She said the roof of digit concern was on blast as embers threatened more homes.
About 75 firefighters and 16 trucks were at the scene, patch digit bomb water-bombed the brightness from above.
Melbourne Another CFA spokesman, Dan Connell, said the blast poor discover behindhand an Aldi supermarket in Seaford.
He said no homes had been evacuated, but player firefighters were positioned nearby homes in Paddington and Richmond Avenues.
The Frankston-Dandenong and Ballarton Roads had been closed, he said.
Mr Connell said the CFA had requested player bomb to support effort the blaze.
The CFA had been titled to 108 incidents since 8am (AEDT) today, with the Seaford blast existence the most significant.
Scorching temperatures throughout the state, broad winds and fears of lightning strikes in orient falls were ownership crisis services on their toes.
Bureau of Meteorology grownup soothsayer saint painter said town reached a crowning of 40C at 2pm, but after a modify modify sweptwing in from the southwest, the temperature dropped 12C in half an hour.
A amount blast forbiddance relic in locate for northeastern, bicentric and north parts of the state.
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