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Authorities have discovered human remains amidst the devastation of the Longwood bushfire.
The identity of the remains is still unknown.
“These remains were located approximately 100 meters away from a vehicle,” officials stated.
Formal identification of the individual is pending.
A report will be compiled by the police for the Coroner’s Office.
It’s burning south east of Bendigo, almost two hours from Melbourne.
Multiple people have lost their homes.
On Saturday Victoria Police confirmed the safety of three formerly “unaccounted for” people missing after their home was destroyed in the same fire.
Three fires are burning at emergency-level in the state: the catastrophic Longwood fire in central Victoria, the fire in Walwa in the state’s north-east and a fire in the Carlisle River in the Otways around the Great Ocean Road.
Dozens of people have lost their homes, with about 300 structures destroyed, and cattle and wildlife have been killed and injured, including at an animal sanctuary.
Thousands of firefighters are battling the bushfires after overnight winds worsened conditions across the state.