More homes have been destroyed by bushfires which raged during a heatwave NSW day before threatening to jump containment lines as a southerly change swept up the state's coast
On Saturday afternoon there were 112 fires burning across the state, combined with temperatures surpassing 40C and winds gusting up to 90km/h.READ MOREMeanwhile, a contingent of 30 firefighters from Canada arrived on Saturday and will go to work battling the blazes as early as Sunday.
Horsley Park Rural Fire Brigade volunteers Geoffrey Keaton, 32, and Andrew O'Dwyer, 36, died after their truck rolled on Thursday night.AAP Members of the 68-strong western Sydney brigade on Saturday put aside their grief to get back to the fire front.
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