Residents of Victorian town returning home after leaking dam forced evacuation

Emergency services have worked for two days to secure 180-megalitre dam in Torquay south-west of Melbourne

Emergency services have told 100 people living in a coastal Victorian town they are able to return home after volunteers worked for two days to secure a 180-megalitre private dam that was found to be leaking on Friday.

Volunteers knocked on doors at over 40 homes in Torquay, about 80km south-west of Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon telling 109 people to leave due to fears the privately owned dam could burst.