Dec. 30 (UPI) -- About 30,000 Australian vacationers had their stay at a popular tourism designation disrupted this weekend with authorities ordering them to evacuate because of the ongoing bushfires in Victoria on Monday.
The tourists were told to leave a day ahead of time at East Gippsland after Monday was designated as an extreme fire danger day there. Victoria's Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said three fires were burning in the area and would affect the Princes Highway and force its closing.