"We'll talk with the [Department of Public Prosecutions] and we'll also make some inquiries with the blogging side of it, whether we can have it removed. "We don't want anything to take place, we don't want anything to be done, that might jeopardise a fair trial down the track."

Sokaluk, 39, of Churchill faces one count of arson causing death, one count of intentionally lighting a bushfire and one count of possessing child pornography. The charges relate to the Churchill fire that burnt out more than 30,000 hectares, killed 10 people and destroyed about 200 homes. He has been remanded in custody to appear at a committal mention on May 26 and has not entered a plea nor applied for bail.

The fight to quell the flames continues as police search the wreckage for more victims of Australia's worst bushfire disaster, which has claimed at least 189 lives. "It is a very difficult task, a very painstaking task, but it has to follow a particular methodology. We will do it as quick as we can so people can get in [to their home towns]," Mr Walshe told the Nine Network today.

Police are also investigating blazes that were possibly deliberately lit and specifically appealed for information from anyone in the area of the Murrindindi fire around Alexandra. AAP