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Victorians are returning to their bushfire-ravaged communities as firefighters continue to battle blazes across the state.

Emergency services on Wednesday night said there were still 11 fires burning across Victoria.

"We've had a really good opportunity in the last few days to take stock of those and build containment lines," State Control Centre spokeswoman Reegan Key said.

"Conditions have been good to do that more indirect attack towards the fires."

When fires were bearing down on their home at Streatham, in Victoria's west, on Friday, Leigh and Pauline Graham got ready to leave.

Ms Graham took their dog to nearby Skipton, and Mr Graham threw some essentials in the car before he went off to fulfil his duties as a Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteer and fight the fires on his neighbour's property.

As he left, he knew it was too late to save his home of 14 years.

It is one of at least a dozen homes destroyed by the fires that tore through Streatham, Carranballac and Skipton in western Victoria.

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You can find your local frequency here.

For more information, including a map of all the warnings, visit ABC Emergency.

State authorities also have their own alerts and incidents pages.

For warnings in Victoria, visit VicEmergency.

For NSW, visit the Rural Fire Service.

For South Australia, visit the SA Country Fire Service.

Victorian premier says big recovery journey lies ahead

Latest on Vic fires

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There are 4 emergency bushfire warnings in Victoria, and 18 watch and act alerts.

The largest of the blazes, the Longwood fire, was downgraded to watch and act on Sunday afternoon.

One person has died in the fires. Police say a body was found 100 metres from a car along a fire-ravaged stretch of road at Gobur, which is in the Longwood fire ground.

Over 300 'structures' have been lost — which includes homes businesses and outbuildings.

More than 350,000 hectares of Victoria have been burnt

In short:

One adult and two children are dead after a car crashed into a truck in western Victoria.

A second adult, who was trapped within the car after it rolled and was crushed, has been flown to hospital with life threatening injuries.

The truck driver is understood to have escaped with minor injuries.

An adult and two children have died after a car and truck collided at Stoneleigh in western Victoria.

A three-year-old boy and his parents have died after their car was hit by a truck at Stoneleigh in western Victoria.

The boy's grandmother was trapped in the wreckage and flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries. She is the sole survivor.

Victoria Police said the family's car failed to stop at a stop sign at about 9:30am and was T-boned at the intersection of Mount William Road and Eurambeen-Streatham Road, about 45 minutes west of Ballarat.

Detective Inspector Craig McEvoy said the car spun several times before landing on its passenger side.

An adult and two children have died after a car and truck collided at Stoneleigh in western Victoria.

Victoria Police said the vehicles crashed just after 9:30am at the intersection of Mount William Road and Eurambeen-Streatham Road, 45 minutes west of Ballarat.

Police said the car appeared to have rolled and been crushed.

A second adult, who was trapped in the vehicle, has life-threatening injuries and is expected to be flown to hospital.

The truck driver is understood to have escaped with minor injuries.