Emergency warning downgraded for Creswick bushfire near Ballarat ...

Fire crews are continuing to battle an out-of-control bushfire at Creswick, in central Victoria, after a day of extreme fire weather on Monday, but the threat appears to be easing.

An emergency warning was issued on Monday afternoon for the blaze, but that was downgraded on Monday night and again on Tuesday morning.

The fire is now at "advice" status and people are still warned to stay away from the area, but resident are not being advised to evacuate.

The fire seen from Mount Rowan Secondary College north of Ballarat. (Supplied: Kylie Walker)

Chris Hardman from Forest Fire Management Victoria said there was no damage to properties, but crews would be kept busy for some time.

"We've got about 300 firefighters on those active fires at the moment and they will have many days work ahead of them, continuing to mop up and black out these fires," he said.

"We're in a typical Victorian summer now where you do get this slow build-up of heat and fire weather."

Warnings were issued on Monday for a fire burning near Creswick, north of Ballarat. (Supplied: VicEmergency)

A total fire ban is in place for Tuesday for the Mallee and Wimmera districts in the state's north-west.

Nearly 60 Country Fire Authority (CFA) vehicles responded to the fire, which started in the Creswick State Forest at about 5pm Monday.

Police blocked access on Melbourne Road as a bushfire threatened communities near Creswick. (ABC News: Eden Hynninen)

The fire was travelling from Creswick Melbourne Road in a south-easterly direction towards Howards Road, Wattle Flat.

A relief centre has been opened at the Doug Lindsay Reserve on Lindsay Park Drive in Creswick.

Sarah Russell was watching the Vic Emergency app closely and followed the advice to evacuate the Slaty Creek campground where she has been living with her two-year-old child.

"A lovely lady came down with her family and brought their car and their trailer and started helping us pack our things in and pretty much we were the last ones to leave," she said.

Sarah Russell had to evacuate from her campsite due to a bushfire at Creswick. (ABC News)

Ms Russell said those who had to flee were grateful for the support of staff at the evacuation centre.

"They've got beds in there, they've made up bedding for everyone, food, they've been fantastic," she said.

Kul'tos had been camping in the Chapel Flat area to prospect for gold and had to evacuate when the fires got within 200 metres.

"I was minding my own business, doing some TikTok … and got an alert on the phone from one of the apps … and the fire was pretty much straight onto me," he said.

Kul'tos was camping when he got an alert advising him to evacuate. (ABC News)

"I looked up and there was a bunch of bloody smoke coming over and the flames weren't too far away so I pretty much just packed up what I could, grabbed my solar panels and my fridge off the ground … and high-tailed out."

Kul'tos said he drove past other campgrounds and honked his car horn to alert others to the fire before staying at an evacuation centre with at least 10 families overnight.

A fire in the Grampians National Park and the Glenisla, Flat Rock Crossing, Glenisla Crossing areas was downgraded to Advice status just after 8:20pm.

Twenty-two vehicles were sent to fight the fires that started up in bushland south of the hamlet of Wartook in western Victoria.

A Watch and Act warning was downgraded to an Advice status at 7:50pm for a grassfire near Glenorchy, north-west of Stawell.

The bushfires arrived on a day when the temperature rose above 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of the state.