A four-day, state-wide fire ban has been issued for NSW ahead of potentially devastating heatwave conditions that could fan bushfires.
The NSW Rural Fire Service on Tuesday issued a statewide total fire ban for Wednesday to Saturday due to hot and dry conditions.Some 115 are currently burning across the state with 59 of them uncontained. The huge Gospers Mountain blaze northwest of Sydney was the only fire at “watch and act” alert level on Tuesday afternoon.
“If you look at how bad the fires have been and how widespread they’ve been, it’s pretty much a miracle, the lives lost haven’t been more and I’m deeply grateful for that.”Fire ripped through homes and properties around the Blue Mountains from the Gospers Mountain fire on Sunday night. Picture: Adam YipNSW Rural Fire Service deputy commissioner Rob Rogers says firefighters will not be able to contain every blaze before conditions deteriorate.
Nearby, the Mt Piper Power Station continued to operate on Tuesday afternoon with only essential personnel, an EnergyAustralia spokesman said in a statement to AAP.
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