More homes are believed to have been destroyed by bushfires in southeastern NSW where hundreds of properties have already been lost in blazes this summer. 9News
NSW Rural Fire Service spokesman Greg Allan said there have been reports of property loss from Saturday's fires but building impact assessment teams haven't been able to access firegrounds yet.
Cooler conditions on Sunday resulted in reduced fire activity across most firegrounds but the RFS is worried thunderstorms and lightning strikes could produce new ignitions. The out-of-control Clear Range blaze, created from embers that spread from the ACT's large Orroral Valley fire, was the only fire at "watch and act" alert level on Sunday evening.Fire burns in the grass along the road as firetrucks pass by near Bumbalong, south of the Australian capital, Canberra.Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Abrar Shabren said thunderstorms are possible around the ACT on Sunday with the potential of fires creating their own thunderstorm clouds in the area.
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