The number of homes lost to three fires in northern NSW rises to nine as strong winds continue to hamper the efforts of firefighters to bring them under control.
The number of homes lost to three fires in northern NSW has risen to nine as strong winds continue to hamper the efforts of firefighters to bring them under control.An out of control bush fire is burning north of Ebor and to the north west of Dorrigo, and is currently more than 66,500 hectares on multiple fronts. A large spot fire is also burning in the Muldiva State Forest. Firefighters are continuing to work with landholders to protect isolated properties in the area.
Hundreds of firefighters are working to contain blazes at Bees Nest north of Ebor, in Drake near Tenterfield and near Shark Creek, south of Yamba, where watch and act alerts remain in place. Strong southerly winds forecast today are not expected to help the firefighters in their efforts to strengthen the control lines, according to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service.
"We're expecting those winds to gust up to 80 kilometres per hour by 11:00am, so that's going to put real pressure on the work that was done overnight," Ben Shepherd from the NSWRFS said."As soon as we can actually get in and do a full assessment of these firegrounds we'll be able to determine full numbers but that could take a number of days."
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