Fourteen active fires are burning across the state on Tuesday - after several joined up - with more than 1.2 million hectares in Victoria razed.

All warnings are at a watch-and-act level or lower, with most of the active fires in East Gippsland and the state's northeast.

There were 204 residential properties and 243 outbuildings destroyed in the blazes, the State Control Centre told AAP on Tuesday.

Two people have died and after days of grave fears for people missing, Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday confirmed everyone was accounted for.

Police are investigating a fatal car crash at Thornton on Friday to determine whether the male victim should be counted as the third bushfires fatality.

A couple of millimetres of rain is due to fall over southern parts of East Gippsland in the coming days before the weather heats up again from Thursday, the weather bureau says.

Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said the rain had slowed the burn but the smoke haze made it hard for the 62 aircraft to assess the fires.

"We are working very, very hard (during) this benign weather and fire conditions," he told ABC radio on Tuesday.

"If these fires had creeped under more benign conditions, that's going to make things a whole lot more difficult on Thursday and Friday.

"It's definitely worked in our favour but ... it's about still remaining vigilant."

There's concerns two blazes near the NSW-Victorian border may join up - the Dunns Road fire and another near Corryong - as the heat returns later this week.

"With the smoke it is difficult for the line scan to get an accurate picture of where the fire itself is, but from the ground also we believe it is getting very, very close," Mr Crisp said.

Promoters of A Day on the Green have cancelled rock band Cold Chisel's Blood Moon Tour show at Rutherglen on Tuesday due to the weather conditions.

As fires rage across the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said more needs to be done with controlled burns and land-clearing in the bush.

Premier Daniel Andrews told ABC radio, controlled burns were important but it was hard with fewer days available to safely put fire into the landscape given the weather.

"We certainly hope we don't see fire seasons like this every year. But ... we just have to accept the fact that more extreme conditions are pretty much the normal for us," he said.

The smoke layer is hoped to ease as southerly winds come through on Tuesday.

Authorities are also spending Tuesday working to rescue about 300 people who still want to leave Mallacoota, a coastal town near the NSW border that was cut off by fire a week ago.

Australian Associated Press