 A bushfire in Australia's Victoria State more than trebled overnight and authorities issued several emergency warnings in parts of New South Wales as a spring heatwave fan fires across the country's southeast on October 3.Around 17,000 hectares were ablaze on Tuesday in the eastern part of Victoria State's Gypseland region after high winds spread fires overnight, according to state fire authorities, who had deployed more than 650 firefighters, conditions are expected to change rapidly in. On Tuesday afternoon, with heavy rains expected to help douse fires but potentially trigger flash flooding, hot and dry conditions also led New South Wales authorities on Tuesday to ban open fires across large swaths of the state, including the Greater Sydney region. There were 82 fires burning across the state, 16 not contained, on Tuesday morning. That frontal system is making its way across the state which is bringing absolute welcomed rain to our fire grounds and will bring to an end what three days has been of very challenging fire conditions in the state of Victoria. Through my career, I'm used to seeing the traditional Australian summer where it's dry, you see the fire seasons come, now we are seeing changes in climate, we are seeing fire seasons start a lot earlier, go a lot longer, but the other thing I would point out it's spring and spring in Victoria can be very erratic.