An advice message has been issued this morning for Leneva and Leneva West.

CFA and DELWP firefighters are currently on scene and say there is no immediate threat to nearby towns. 

However, with the extreme weather and total fire ban today, officials are urging residents in the area to remain cautious. 

Tuesday

It was a case of “here we go again” for residents when a dangerous grassfire threatened Leneva homes.

The 190-hectare fire came within just 800 metres of homes on Beechworth-Wodonga Road on Tuesday when firefighters caught a break – the wind died down.

The CFA had issued an emergency warning advising residents to leave in case they were put in danger.

CFA operations officer Brett Myers said the fire started when a tree burned in December’s Indigo Valley fires fell and reignited.

The blaze continued on its previous path.

District 24 operations managed Paul King was in the region at the time and immediately called for air support when he saw the smoke before 2pm.

"It's blowing like hell out there, which is what's giving us grief," he told The Border Mail from the scene.

"We'll be looking to cut that off before (Wednesday’s) fire danger."

Residents reported seeing smoke billowing out of hills.

Mr Myers said one plane and two helicopters joined about 100 firefighters to tackle the fire in grass and scrub tricky to access by foot.

“It put water on the fire before firefighters did, which just shows how good it is to have that on standby,” he said.

Beechworth-Wodonga Road was closed to traffic for about 45 minutes during the worst period of the fire.

Mr Myers said snakes were another problem for firefighters to overcome on the ground and were even spotted by pilots from the sky.

Luckily, no one was bitten.

One volunteer was removed from the scene because of heat exhaustion, but did not need medical treatment.

Mr Myers said firefighters would return to the scene at first light Wednesday morning to continue looking for hot spots before the temperature hit the forecast top of 42 degrees.