NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says 'there's not much left in the town of Balmoral' after it was hit by a deadly firestorm
The small village of Balmoral southwest of Sydney has been all but wiped out by the Green Wattle Creek firestorm that roared through the area twice in three days.
The premier said some residents would be allowed to return to their properties"today or tomorrow" but others could have to wait longer.Assessment teams are going in to determine when it will be safe for people to go home. NSW Police watch as the Green Wattle Creek Fire threatens homes in Yandeera in the south west of Sydney."They were all banding together until they got hit yesterday and they were just decimated," Mr Deeth told AAP on Sunday."Most people were pulled out of their houses and if there was nobody defending houses they kind of just all lit up."
The federal and state governments have extended emergency relief funding to the Wingecarribee and Wollondilly council areas. NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons earlier said"dozens" of homes may have been lost when bushfires raged across NSW on Saturday.
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