 On 30 December 2019, there were three active fires in East Gippsland with a combined area of more than , and another in the north-east of the state near Walwa heading south-east towards Cudgewa.An evacuation warning was issued for the East Gippsland town of Goongerah, which is surrounded by high-value old growth forests, as well as Cudgewa.On the same day, a fire broke out in the Plenty Gorge Parklands, situated in Melbourne's northern suburbs between Bundoora, Mill Park, South Morang, Greensborough and Plenty.