VICTORIA has done "reasonably well" during the major bushfire emergency that gripped the state during the past few days, authorities say.
More than 100,000 hectares have burnt across the state in conditions described as the worst since Black Saturday.
Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley says the impact of the fires was "not a bad result", given the conditions.
"You can see that in some respects we've had big fires - 100,000 hectares burnt in a matter of basically two days - but you would think that we've done reasonably well," he told reporters.
The main fires are raging in the Grampians in the east, the Mallee in the northwest and Gippsland but all emergency warnings have been downgraded.
Four homes have been recorded lost to fire that burnt through more than 51,000 hectares in the northern end of the Grampians National Park and claimed one life.
Numerous sheds and many kilometres of fencing were destroyed, and up to 7500 sheep were affected, most of which will have to be put down.
Authorities say a woman whose body was found at her Roses Gap property on Friday morning died as a result of a medical issue.
The tourist village of Halls Gap was saved from the fire's path on Friday by an earlier-than-expected wind change.
Some homes were lost in the small town of Brimpaen, while two properties near Dadswells Bridge have also been affected.
The Grampians fire caused building damage at the Troopers Creek Tavern and the Happy Wanderers Holiday Resort at Wartook.
While conditions cool after a four-day heatwave, authorities say the firefighting effort will continue for days.
Crews are still battling fires in the Mallee region and in Gippsland, but authorities no longer believe the more than 30 fires raging out of control there will merge to form a 500,000-hectare inferno.
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