Fires highlight extra fuel on ground 

SEVERAL spot fires like this one near Buckley Swamp were started early Thursday morning when hundreds of lightning bolts struck the Southern Grampians. JOHN GARLAND.

TWO-HUNDRED and three lightning strikes were recorded on Wednesday night between Coleraine, Dunkeld, Condah and Minhamite, setting three blazes that were brought under control by CFA crews on Thursday morning.

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