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But recovery after large-scale fires is a long process. The St Patrick’s Day fires of 2018 had a significant impact on communities across south west Victoria, particularly from an economic and social standpoint. They continue to recover, even today, as they rebuild their farms, stock and livelihoods. An investigation into Powercor's role in the St Patrick's Day fires in south-west Victoria finds the electricity provider failed to identify a termite-riddled power pole that caused one of the blazes. Jancourt residents Juli and Paul Dwyer said they only became aware of the St Patrick’s Day fires when they went outside to check for any wind damage and “saw a red glow in the sky over the hill behind us”, and quickly fled to Port Campbell. The Dwyers also likened this year’s blaze to the Ash Wednesday fires 35 years prior. Country Fire Authority south-west assistant chief officer Rohan Luke said the fires that ignited about 9pm on Saturday in high winds were also some of the most difficult for firefighters to fight. The St Patrick's Day fires in March 2018 burned through more than 40,000 hectares around Camperdown, Cobden and Terang, destroying properties, farmland and wildlife reserves. Powercor has agreed to plead guilty to one charge relating to the St Patrick's Day fires that ravaged south-west Victoria in 2018. On St Patrick's Day 2018 CFA brigades in the state's south west were on high alert. St Patrick's Day fires five years on. Victoria; View PDF. High winds through Victoria’s southwest on March 17-18 led to five fire starts involving electricity distribution infrastructure assets. This resulted in four significant fires, collectively known as the St Patricks’ Day fires. Bostocks Creek Fire Brigade member Betty Robilliard helped support her community by taking care of livestock from other farms while the fires were burning. More than 40,000 hectares were destroyed in fires at Gazette, Garvoc, Terang, Hawkesdale and Camperdown, and livestock losses surpassed 10,000 across more than 219 farms. A $3 million class action against Powercor over bushfires that destroyed dozens of homes in southwest Victoria on St Patrick's Day last year has been settled. of the 2018 St Patrick's Day fire On the 12 month anniversary of the devastating St Patrick’s Day fires in south west Victoria, the United Dairyfarmers of Victoria (UDV) is calling for urgent action to be taken. “Our farmers suffered, and continue to be reminded every day, of the devastating impacts of the St Patrick’s Day fires,” said Mr Paul Mumford, UDV President. Electricity provider Powercor agrees to pay victims of one of the 2018 St Patrick's Day fires in south-west Victoria following revelations of shortcomings in the energy provider's power pole When fires ripped across Brad and Jill Porter's dairy farm just after 9:00pm on St Patrick's Day they were on holiday in Tasmania. The pair got the last flight out of Hobart and arrived before dawn. It usually happens on the Sunday just before or after St. Patrick’s Day (which is always on March 17th). In 2025 the festival happens on the day before St. Patrick’s Day, so on Sunday, March 16th. The St. Patrick’s Day Festival takes place along the three or so blocks of Government Street between Yates Street and Broughton Street in Local News Court and Crime Property Victoria National 40 under 40 Council Politics Health Business Education Rural World How Many More? The damage toll from the St Patrick’s Day fires rose Two years on from the St Patrick's Day fires in south-west Victoria, farmers still have not received financial compensation for their losses. Key points: Guinness flowed as people celebrated St Patrick’s Day and the colour green, but by the next morning our green landscape would be black, bearing the scares of a night that has been described with 1.1 Background to St. Patrick’s Day fires High winds in Victoria’s South West Region on 17 and 18 March 2018 led to six fire starts now known to involve electricity distribution assets. This resulted in significant fires, collectively known as the St Patrick’s Day Fires, all of which led to serious property and stock loss. More than two years on from the devastating St Patrick's Day bushfires which burnt through 40,000 hectares of land in Victoria's south-west, landscape recovery works are now complete. Significant Fires - ArcGIS StoryMaps Victoria
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