Evacuation centre opens for West Wallsend residents escaping bushfire
Evacuation centre opens for West Wallsend residents escaping bushfire
'The message to residents is leave if not prepared.'
Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Firies 'mop up' in Hunter ahead of forecast hot weather
Firies 'mop up' in Hunter ahead of forecast hot weather
NSW firefighters are trying to get on top of multiple bushfires, including a blaze that threatened homes in the Hunter, ahead of forecast hot and windy weather.
AAP
AAP
Coalfields fires blacken 750 hectares as RFS urges residents to stay alert in total fire ban
Coalfields fires blacken 750 hectares as RFS urges residents to stay alert in total fire ban
Authorities are yet to determine how the blaze started.
Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Firefighters on high alert for Saturday heatwave
Rural Fire Service crews prepare for more heatwave conditions on Saturday
Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
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Fire threatened lives, homes and hospital in the Hunter
A fast-moving bushfire has threatened homes and a hospital in NSW's Hunter region, with lives at risk before authorities downgraded warnings.
AAP
AAP
'I don't know if my house is still there': Hunter bushfire emergency
Evacuations as crews strive to contain major fires.
Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald