Threat warning downgraded but residents urged not to be complacent amid fire across more than 5,000 hectares
NSW premier Chris Minns, second left, among officials at the Shoalhaven emergency management centre in Nowra on Monday as a large fire burned on the NSW south coast.NSW premier Chris Minns, second left, among officials at the Shoalhaven emergency management centre in Nowra on Monday as a large fire burned on the NSW south coast.
“We know properties were lost, we just don’t know how many, and that work will obviously go on this morning,” he told Nine’s Today Show on Wednesday. The south coast fire was still more than 5,000ha in size and continued to burn near homes in the Cuttagee, Barragga Bay, Murrah, Bunga and Goalen Head areas.The southerly change that moved through the fireground overnight brought cooler temperatures, increased humidity and some rain.Conditions have also improved in other parts of NSW after fire crews battled around 80 bushfires on Tuesday.
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