Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs A spokesperson for the State Control Centre (SCC) said: “The Little Desert National Park fire illustrates how quickly fires can spread under hot, dry and windy conditions such as those experienced on Monday when an extreme fire danger rating was forecast for Wimmera.”Last night, CFA chief officer Jason Heffernan told ABC Radio that it was “a very serious fire situation” and the Little Desert blaze had travelled 40 kilometres on Monday.“Conditions are not going to ease for firefighters in this area until probably mid-morning [on Tuesday],” Heffernan said.He said north-east Victoria had a fire danger rating “just short of extreme” on Tuesday. Apart from Gippsland, the rest of the state is under a high fire danger rating.State Control Centre spokesman Luke Heagerty told ABC that the Little Desert fire was incredibly dynamic.“There’s a lot of energy that this fire is creating, and what that means is it’s effectively creating its own weather system,” he said on Monday.Emergency sirens wailed in Nhill as the fire flared on Monday afternoon. Wind gusts of 67 km/h were recorded at the town’s aerodrome at 5.39pm.Another emergency warning was issued for Mirranatwa and the Victoria Valley in the Grampians after a fire started near Bullawin Road.Another watch-and-act warning stated Strachans campground in the Grampians National Park is not safe to return to after an emergency alert was issued last night.A watch-and-act alert was also in effect for Cranage and Zumsteins in the national park’s north.A bushfire that started in the Little Desert National Park in Victoria’s far-west spread rapidly on Monday.Credit: Bruce Donnelly/FacebookState Response Controller Garry Cook told 3AW that firefighting aircraft would fly across to the Little Desert fire to support ground crews on Tuesday morning.“There will be southerly winds on the fires today, and as the temperatures warm up again, there will be pressure, particularly on the northern edges of those fires,” he said.“So [there is] a lot of work for firefighters out there today, on both the Grampians, and the Little Desert fire.”Strong northerly winds pushed temperatures across much of Victoria beyond 40 degrees on Monday. In Melbourne, the mercury reached 39.3 degrees before a cool change hit just before 6pm.The Little Desert fire burning out of control on Monday.Credit: State Control CentreThe temperature in the Wimmera is expected to reach about 28 degrees on Tuesday.More to come.Our Breaking News Alert will notify you of significant breaking news when it happens. Get it here.
