Smoke still troubles Vic town of Morwell

A CFA volunteer has been struck by a tanker while fighting a grassfire in central Victoria. Source: AAP

VULNERABLE residents who have been forced to leave a smoke-affected Victorian town will likely spend another weekend away from home.

The town of Morwell in the Latrobe Valley has been blanketed by thick smoke since a fire began at the nearby Hazelwood open-cut coalmine on February 9.

Victoria's chief health officer, Dr Rosemary Lester, said that weather permitting, the advice for at-risk people to stay away from the town - people over 65, pregnant women, preschool children and people with pre-existing heart and lung conditions - could be lifted within a few days.

"The air quality unfortunately has not been quite good enough for us over the past couple of days for us to lift our temporary relocating advice. I think we are almost there," Dr Lester said on Friday.

The fire at the brown coalmine was brought under control last weekend but is yet to be extinguished.

CFA regional controller Steve Warrington said crews were working on a number of hot spots beneath the mine's surface.

"We are focused on eliminating the remaining hot spots. This is one of the last steps in the mine fire fight," he said.

The Victorian government announced this week that former Supreme Court justice Bernard Teague would head an inquiry into the response to the fire.

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