PEOPLE escaping the Victorian bushfires have criticised emergency services for not warning them of impending disaster.
Tammy Reece from Kinglake West said she was away from her home when the fire broke out but her partner and six children at the house were unaware of any danger.
"My partner never got any warning at all," Ms Reece said.
"No one came past and said get out. They should have got around and should have done more, that is the whole thing.
"They should have done a lot more."
Although her family escaped the blaze, Ms Reece was unaware whether her home had survived.
Silvo Hercog, also from Kinglake West, listened to radio news to seek information and was angry he heard little about the fire.
He was driving to Yarra Glen when he called his wife at their home.
"She didn't know anything until I rang her at half-past five and by that time the fire was already up the mountain," Mr Hercog said.
"There was no evacuation, there was no one to say stay or go now.
"There wasn't enough warning."
Mr Hercog said when his wife Jenny decided to leave she drove in the wrong direction because she did not know where the fire was.
"A lot of people were heading in the opposite direction and she felt compelled to follow them and they were actually (going) into the fire."
Mario Florian travelled to the fire zone from his home in Melbourne to help his brother fight the flames at his Whittlesea home.
"I think the CFA or MFB would have been aware of what was going on," Mr Florian said.
"I think there should have been an announcement over the media.
"These days there is television and radio and whatever but there wasn't a mention of it."
AAP
