Communities across Gippsland are being urged to stay alert, as fires continue to burn across the region.
The fires are burning in three main areas - in the Latrobe Valley, near Yarram and in the far east.
Eleven houses have been lost in East Gippsland and at least three in the Fernbank-Glenaladale area, north-west of Bairnsdale.
Outbuildings have been lost in the Latrobe Valley but no primary residences.
The incident controller at Traralgon, Laurie Jeremiah, warns communities the threat is not over.
"People sometimes think that when the smoke disappears oh it's all over," he said.
"With forest fires in particular, as the weather picks up and the temperature climbs and particularly the wind climbs, they can escape again.
"That's what happened with Hernes Oak, we were dealing with it for two days and then it spread on a really windy day."
Specialist crews are fighting the fire in the Hazelwood mine in the Latrobe Valley.
It is burning in a part of the mine that is no longer used and efforts are focused on stopping it from spreading.
The Country Fire Authority says the coal mine fire requires a specialist response and teams have been brought in.
It says a fire burning at the Maryvale Paper Mill in the valley has settled down and is heading toward containment.
Meanwhile, damage assessors from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade will be working in the Glenaladale area today.
An early assessment found three homes burnt and up to 1000 stock had been killed.
Department of Environment and Primary Industries officers had to destroy about 300 head of sheep and cattle yesterday.
It is still not known how many buildings, machinery and how much fencing has been lost.
Victoria's chief health officer, Dr Rosemary Lester, says smoke warnings in the Latrobe Valley could be stepped up as the fires continue to burn.
Yesterday, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) issued a low-level bushfire smoke advisory, saying the elderly, children and people with heart or lung conditions should limit physical activity and time spent outdoors.
Dr Lester says the smoke warnings could be scaled up over the coming days, based on the EPA's assessment.
However, she says smoke coming from the fire at the Hazelwood mine in the Latrobe Valley is no more dangerous than smoke from a bushfire.
"One of the main differences is that there's slightly more carbon monoxide in a coal mine fire but this is really only relevant to people either working at the coal mine or fighting the fires there," she said.
"By the time it gets to the general community, the carbon monoxide will be of no particular danger to the rest of the community."