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All incidents connected with the Strathallan fire have been declared under control.
Eleven vehicles remain at the scene of the fires.
3.10pm
THIRTEEN firefighting appliances are helping bring fires under control in Strathallan.
One incident at the corner of Odea Road and Echuca-Nunneella Road is now officially under control, according to VicEmergency.
The Bendigo Advertiser understands that firefighters have extinguished a fire in crops and are helping do the same to a truck.
It is not known how damaged the truck is.
The vehicle is understood to have been carrying hay, some of which is being removed from the truck.
Earlier
FIREFIGHTERS are at the scene of multiple reported fires north of Rochester.
The fires are in separate locations at Strathallan, the Advertiser understands.
VicEmergency has placed one fire at the corner of Odea Road and Echuca-Nunneella Road.
The other is recorded further back on Odea Road.
People in the area should be advised the locations may be based on initial reports to emergency authorities and might not necessarily reflect the latest information firefighters have.
The Advertiser understands one fire is connected to the truck and has into nearby paddocks.
It is unclear whether the truck is connected to the second fire.
More to come.
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