An elderly man whose home was consumed by flames is missing and dozens of properties have been damaged or destroyed by bushfires which raged during a heatwave NSW day
Mr Fitzsimmons said an elderly man who refused to leave, choosing to stay and defend his residence in Dargan, east of Lithgow, was unaccounted for.
The Rural Fire Service confirmed homes had already been damaged or destroyed in the Lithgow area as embers appeared. At least five of them, according to the ABC. Fears the southerly winds moving upstate during the evening would fan fires in new directions had come to pass, Mr Fitzsimmons said.
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