Pictures: Lachlan Bence
CFA crews were called in to battle a grassfire that edged close to homes in Learmonth this afternoon.
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The fire broke out on High Street near Edmonston Park in the town northwest of Ballarat about 4pm as the mercury climbed into the high 20s.
Four units managed to extinguish the blaze within 10 minutes after arriving with the help of a Ballarat-based waterbombing helicopter.
It tore through about one acre of grassland.
An investigation will be launched into the cause of the blaze.
