On the two year anniversary of the Pigeon Valley fires, local firefighters were putting out a fire that had spread 300m along a fenceline in Appleby.
Crews were called around 5am this morning to reports of a paddock on fire on River Rd, Appleby.
Fire and Emergency shift manager Simon Lyford says on arrival crews found a car on fire, which had caused a fire covering an area of approximately 30x40m, which soon spread 100m along the fence line of a paddock.
Just before 6am the fire had spread to cover a 300m strip but had been extinguished.
Crews from Richmond, Appleby and Brightwater spend an hour and a half on site.
A spokesman for Richmond Volunteer Fire Brigade says the car fire appeared to be suspicious and police had been notified.
"We’re unsure of the exact time it took for the fire to spread but it moves fast in dry conditions like these."
He says it was lucky that the surrounding paddocks had recently been cut for hay or the outcome could have been much different.
"Fire spreads quickly in these dry conditions," he warned.
