Mild weekend weather brings relief to firefighters after homes lost in Grampians bushfire

Victorian temperatures to rise from Monday, with fire warnings also in place in NSW and Western Australia

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Milder conditions across the weekend will bring temporary relief to firefighters who continue to battle an out-of-control bushfire in Victoria's Grampians.

But the forecast rain was not expected to extinguish the fires and hot weather was expected to ramp up again from Monday.

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