Property toll grows in Victorian bushfires

More than 30 homes have been destroyed by a series of bushfires which have been burning across Victoria for a week.

Helicopters drop water on a bushfire near Yiinnar in Gippsland, Victoria. Source: AAP

The number of houses lost was confirmed on Friday after specialist crews assessed fire grounds. The toll could rise further as some blazes continue to burn.

Victoria's highest-risk uncontrolled bushfire in the Bunyip State Park, east of Melbourne, has claimed 29 residential properties, damaged two others and burnt 67 other buildings, Emergency Management Victoria announced on Friday.

Another two properties were claimed in the Yinnar South blaze.

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Smoke rises in Victoria's east.

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Specialist crews assessing the scale of loss, assessed 447 properties. Prior to the latest count, it was believed nine homes had been lost.