RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons has confirmed that three people have died as a result of the fires on the South Coast and one person is still missing nswfires
Seven fires are burning at 'Watch and Act', with one in the Greater Hume area and another in the Snowy Valley. The remaining five are along the South Coast.'Running out of adjectives' to describe fires
"However, their vehicles become incapacitated and shortly after the fire front has passed they had to exit the vehicles and get out on foot, assisted by some other of our crews coming in to help them. "It's sometimes only minutes before we find out about the safety of our crews, but it feels like absolute hours."Conjola heavily impacted by fires
The clubs, which are acting as evacuation centres, have run out of gas, first aid, blankets and water. "It remains a very busy day for firefighters down in the south-east of New South Wales, particularly," he said.
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