Families and friends of those killed in Daylesford pub crash have questioned the magistrate's decision to drop all charges against the driver.

A fast-moving fire has silenced free-to-air TV and radio across central Victoria — and it could take months to fix the site.

Multiple out-of-control bushfires threaten dozens of towns in central and north-eastern Victoria, with hot temperatures and strong winds resulting in "catastrophic" fire conditions.

Hundreds of images captured by an orbiting weather satellite, and stitched together by the ABC, show the scale and destructive force of the Victorian bushfires.