FIRE crews attended 45 fires greater than one hectare in size in CFA District 2 during the Fire Danger Period from mid-November to the end of March.
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In total, 939 trucks attended the fires, which burnt 1856 hectares in the district covering the region from Gisborne to Raywood.
Three of those fires were greater than 300 hectares and eight were in the City of Greater Bendigo, including a 25 hectare fire in Goornong on March 30 and a 24 hectare fire in Redesdale on December 5.
Fires in Golden Gully and Maiden Gully threatened homes near Bendigo in December and March.
Other fires near Bendigo included two hectare blazes in Axedale, Harcourt North, Eppalock and Lockwood South, as well as a 15 hectare fire in Sebastian in December.
Crews attended three fires in Kyneton during the period, including a 255 hectare fire on January 7, which was also declared non suspicious and drew 158 trucks to the scene.
A fire in Kyneton's south threatened homes on December 21.
There were also three large fires in Mia Mia.
One was 300 hectares in size on December 18, not considered suspicious.
The other two fires in Mia Mia were 35 hectares and six hectares.
The largest fire in District 2 during the Fire Danger Period - from November 17 to March 30 - was the 800 hectare fire in Pastoria East, started near Burke and Wills Track on December 16.
Despite the fire's size, no significant property loss was recorded as the fire burnt in a south east direction towards Benloch, north of Lancefield.
One winery reported the loss of vineyards in the fire, which was considered non suspicious.
On the same day, 100 hectare fire in Yapeen, south of Castlemaine, burnt within metres of houses.
The fire was also non suspicious.
Thirty-eight trucks attended a 30 hectare fire in McKenzie Hill, on Castlemaine's western edge on December 6.
December was by far the busiest month for the region's firefighters, as they attended 21 fires greater than one hectare for the month.
Investigations are still continuing into the cause of a number of the fires.