An out-of-control bushfire in Australia’s Victoria \u200bstate prompted an evacuation alert for residents near a remote \u200bmining settlement, authorities said on Saturday. The \u200balert, at the \u2060highest emergency rating, was for the area surrounding \u200bthe A1 Mine \u200cSettlement in the Gaffney’s Creek region, about 50 km (31 miles) \u200bnortheast of state capital Melbourne. “Leaving immediately is the safest option, before conditions become too dangerous,” Victoria Emergency \u200csaid \u200con its \u200bwebsite, adding that the fire was not yet controlled. Mountainous terrain was making it difficult for firefighters to \u200bbattle the blaze from the ground, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Since the 1860s gold has \u200bbeen mined in the sparsely-populated area, which is also popular with campers and tourists. Three other bushfires were burning on Saturday at watch \u200cand act level, the second highest danger rating, Victoria Emergency said. In January, thousands of firefighters battled \u2060bushfire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An out-of-control bushfire in Australia’s Victoria \u200bstate prompted an evacuation alert for residents near a remote \u200bmining settlement, authorities said on Saturday. The \u200balert, at the \u2060highest emergency rating, was for the area surrounding \u200bthe A1 Mine \u200cSettlement in the Gaffney’s Creek region, about 50 km (31 miles) \u200bnortheast of state capital Melbourne. “Leaving immediately […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n