victoria state. the fires had been subdued, but not before destroying nearly 100 homes. parts of great ocean road, a popular scene eck highway were also shut down. emergency officials say dry conditions could cause more fires. and for more on these fires, i m joined by cnn producer, joel lobby, and joel from australia, you can obviously tell us what s happening there. the late east terminology that they are using is that this blaze is subdued but not contained yet. what we can read into is that they have some sort of control over the flames. there isn t enough wind to make it a threat to anymore homes for the time being. but new year s eve, new year s day, that is the time period of most concern to them. because temperatures in australia, temperatures in victoria, i should say, are going to be hitting the mid to high 30s celsius, over 100 degrees fahrenheit, and that coupled with potentially stronger winds could really fan this blaze out.