NSW police say a man is missing from the rural village of Bell after a huge bushfire tore through the Lithgow area destroying dozens of buildings
He was found at an evacuation centre in Lithgow which was threatened by the huge Gospers Mountain megafire over the weekend.
Chief Insp Sammut said the man who was still unaccounted for lived on one of the remotest properties in Bell. "He may have self-evacuated or went to stay with friends and we want the public to let us know any information they have to assist us locate this missing person," he told AAP.Chief Insp Sammut confirmed up to five properties were burned in Lithgow on Saturday while about 30 buildings were lost in Clarence and Dargan.
"Shout out to our men and women working tirelessly looking after people's lives and properties," the member for Bathurst told AAP after a briefing at the local fire control centre."This area came very close last night to catastrophe," he said.
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