A moderately extensive bushfire season, particularly in western Victoria where fires were most prominent, occurred in mid-late January 2006 as conditions persisted across the state.

Bushfires in Victoria were prominent in mid-late January 2006 as conditions permitted across the state.

Arsonists were charged with lighting fires that spread through western Victoria in late January.

Two people died in The Grampians when their car was overcome by the Mount Lubra bushfire.

[1] Over the month a total of 500 fires were recorded in Victoria with 359 farm buildings destroyed, stock losses of 64,000 and 1,600 square kilometres (618 sq mi) of private and public land burned out.