Residents of Victorian town could return soon after leaking dam forced evacuation

Emergency services have worked for two days to secure 180-megalitre dam in Torquay, south-west of Melbourne

Emergency services are hopeful that about 100 people living in a coastal Victorian town will soon be able to return home after they worked for two days to secure a 180-megalitre private dam that was found to be leaking on Friday.

Volunteers knocked on doors at over 40 homes in Torquay, about 80km south-west of Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon telling 109 people to leave due to fears the privately owned dam could burst.

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