RFS suspect up to a dozen weekend bushfires deliberately lit in northern NSW

Fire fighters battled more than 170 bushfires across the state over the weekend, 12 of which may have been the work of arsonists.

The Rural Fire Service is investigating a number of fires that burnt across northern New South Wales over the weekend.Extra resources are being brought in to fight fires which continue to burn in the Clarence Valley

Extra resources are being brought in to fight fires in the Clarence Valley, after a section 44 was declared across the shire on Monday. A hazard-reduction burn by his neighbour late last week spread onto his 57-hectare property west of Port Macquarie."He had notified neighbours, he had done all that he had to do, and it was just one of those things in the night that slipped away from him and encroached."Mr Mayne said when the fire jumped into a forestry area between their two properties, his neighbour "did the right thing straight away and got in touch with the Rural Fire Service".

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