A firefighter has died while trying to contain a fire in Omeo in Victoria’s north-east on Saturday.
Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp confirmed the fatality late on Saturday night, taking the total number of deaths this Victorian bushfire season to four.
The sky turns red as fires close in on Omeo on January 4.Credit:Getty Images
The firefighter was fighting a blaze in Omeo, near the Alpine National Park.
“It is with great sadness that we confirm that a Forest Fire Management Victoria firefighter from Parks Victoria has been involved in an incident while working on a fire in the Omeo area resulting in a fatality,” Forest Fire Management Victoria Chief Fire Officer Chris Hardman said.