Fierce winds and nightmare conditions meant a horror night for firefighters, who worked through to fight out-of-control fires.
The town my parents live in - Lithgow - is cut off. Roads closed in and out. They’re on ember-watch, wetting down the house every 20 minutes. Across town people have already lost their homes.Play between Sydney Thunder and Adelaide Strikers at Manuka Oval was abandoned after a thick layer of smoke blanketed Canberra on Saturday evening.
“I understand that the Thunder have four balls to go. We can’t take that into consideration,” Wilson said.SOUTHERLY FANS FLAMES ON NSW SOUTH COASTThey included the 460,000-hectare inferno at Gospers Mountain, the 130,000-hectare Currowan blaze on the South Coast and the fire at Palmers Oaky, west of Gospers Mountain.
NSW Police watch as the Green Wattle Creek Fire threatens homes in Yandeera. Picture: AAP Image/Dean Lewins.NSW Ambulance chief executive Dominic Morgan said a number of firefighters suffered heat exhaustion on Saturday while battling the fires, which were having a “big impact” on demand for emergency services.
“A pyro-cumulonimbus can create erratic winds and dry lightning and result in significantly faster fire spread,” the RFS warned.
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