UPDATE, 4pm: A grass fire on the roadside at East Bendigo is being treated as suspicious.
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Bendigo Crime Investigation Unit has appealed for anyone with information to contact the Bendigo Police Station on 5448 1300 or to make an anonymous report to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
EARLIER: A KENNINGTON man has praised firefighters for their response to a grass fire at East Bendigo.
Louie Petraglia decided to investigate after seeing smoke coming up in the vicinity of the airport about 1.30pm today.
He arrived at Victa Road about the same time he said the fire started taking off.
Mr Petraglia grabbed a small tree branch and attempted to fight the fire.
Another motorist stopped to offer assistance.
A third motorist joined them, lending fire extinguishers and about 20 litres of bottled water to the firefighting effort.
“Firefighters did an amazing job getting here quickly,” Mr Petraglia said.
He said it was lucky the wind died down when it did.
Mr Petraglia ceased fighting the fire, but remained at the scene as Forest Fire Management Victoria and Country Fire Authority units attended.
Police were also notified.
The area was cordoned off for fire investigation.
The area is now safe.
Traffic flow through the area was temporarily affected as firefighters attended.
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Emma D'Agostino
Covering general news and Bendigo council.
Covering general news and Bendigo council.
