THE townships of Wollert and Woodstock in Melbourne's north have been warned they could be in the way of a grassfire if a wind change occurs between midnight and 4am (AEST) Tuesday.
The Country Fire Authority says the slow large, slow-moving grassfire in the Wollert and Epping areas is being pushed south by northerly winds but a southwesterly wind change is expected to arrive between midnight and 4am.
"The wind change may change the direction of the fire to a northeasterly direction towards Wollert and Woodstock," the CFA said.
The fire is around 1900 hectares in size and is currently under control.
Meanwhile, residents affected when the fire closed the Hume Freeway at Epping on Monday have been told it is safe to return to their homes.
A CFA spokeswoman said residents in the area around Copper St, Epping Road, Steen Avenue and Allumba Way could return home.
That fire destroyed one home and damaged another in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
One home in the Epping North area was destroyed but none in housing estates, incident controller John Deering said.
Another home was damaged and several outbuildings or sheds lost.
An emergency warning remains in place on Monday night for the Epping and Campbellfield area.
Some parts of the 31km of fire edge were still active, incident controller John Deering said.
"The fire is not advancing or spreading any further at this stage," he told ABC radio.
"However, there may be still active fire within that fire edge."
Crews would remain on scene all night, he said.
In the Grampians in Victoria's southwest, two large bushfires have merged to form one out-of-control fire about 4230 hectares in size.
The fire had come out of bushland and into private land, Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley said.
A wind change due on Monday night would put a lot of pressure on the fire, Mr Lapsley said.
"We have a lot of resources in place but certainly it is a very dry area and certainly we will see significant fire move through Victoria Valley," he told ABC television,
The fire, which was started by lightning on Thursday, has been creating spot fires 1km ahead of it.
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