Firefighters across NSW will continue backburning after homes were lost when crews lost control of an operation to strengthen containment lines. 9News
"We know when that weather turns bad later this week the fire will cause us major problems and unfortunately some of the others are also."Mr Rogers said backburning would continue despite yesterday's operation contributing to property losses."It's not a zero-risk enterprise, so there will always be some risk of these things getting out of control."They will continue doing that work. We will do whatever we can to prepare communities.
"I had something like five months worth of apples in the cool room, they are now gone," Bilpin Apple Pie owner Sam Ramaci told 9News.A guide to fire alert levels and danger ratings.Some 450 customers were left without electricity due to damaged power lines in the upper Blue Mountains yesterday, Endeavour Energy said.
Overnight, emergency warnings for the Palmers Oaky fire near Capertree and the Kerry Ridge fire in the state's Hunter region were also downgraded to advice level.
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