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A raging crown fire in Bilpin at 5pm,December 21,2019.Credit:Nick Moir
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Photographs late this afternoon at Dargan on the Bells line of road where there were numerous property losses.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Dargan on the Bells line of road.Credit:Dean Sewell
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As night falls on Bilpin,it's apparent several homes have been lost along the Bells Line of Road,December 21,2019. Photo:Nick MoirCredit:Nick Moir
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As night falls on Bilpin,it's apparent several homes have been lost along the Bells Line of Road,December 21,2019.Credit:Nick Moir
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Firefighter Mikaela Kremer from Glenbrook-Lapstone does a dance to celebrate the rain suddenly falling just as they were responding to spotting from Green Wattle Creek bushfire west of Bargo off Tylers Road,on Saturday 21 December 2019.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Homes burn near Bilpin,firefighter helpless against a roaring monster,December 21,2019.Credit:Nick Moir
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The RFS carefully watches the Gospers Mountain fire impacting on the edge of The Fruit Bowl in Bilpin.Credit:Nick Moir
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Lithgow houses in flames.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Fire in Lithgow. Locals douse spot fires by the side of the road. 21st December 2019. Photo by Dean Sewell.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Wreck Bay fire crew protect a property on Jindelara Creek Rd from the Currowan fire.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
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Homes burn near Bilpin.Credit:Nick Moir
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Firefighter from fbnsw stumbles after being hit in smoke and helped back to safety as Gospers mt fire crosses bells line. Late on December 21,2019.Credit:Nick Moir
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Firefighter a second after being hit by a car in thick smoke as fire roared through eastern Bilpin,December 21,2019.Credit:Nick Moir
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Fire in Lithgow. A local man douses spot fires by the road. 21st December 2019. Photo by Dean Sewell.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Fire in Lithgow. Houses in flames. 21st December 2019. Photo by Dean Sewell.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Gospers Mountain fire continues its easterly run. Starting to come close to Kurrajong Heights. 21st December 2019.Credit:Nick Moir
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Helicopters circle and attack the Gospers Mountain fire burning only a few hundred metres south of the Fruit Bowl.Credit:Nick Moir
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Smoke plume from the Green Wattle Creek bushfire seen west of Thirlmere,NSW,on Saturday 21 December 2019.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Brian Castle checks his property as he monitors the situation at his home on Yanderra Road as the Green Wattle Creek Fire approaches Yanderra. 21st December,2019.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A local resident living near Woodstock has to take a break from protecting a property on Jindelara Creek Rd from the Currowan fire.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
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Michael Weekes protects his property on Jindelara Creek Rd from the Currowan fire.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
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Michael Weekes on his property on Jindelara Creek Rd from the Currowan fire.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
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Thomas Dawson age 11 protects a neighbouring property on Westlake Dr from the Currowan Fire.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
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A Wreck Bay Rural Fire Service crew defending a property at Jindelara Creek Road west of Ulladulla. Credit:Dion Georgopolous
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RFS crews can only look on as fire burns out of control on a property at Inberra Rd Bilpin - Bushfires continue to threaten properties along the Bells Line of Road and surrounds in the Bilpin area.Credit:Geoff Jones
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A Wreck Bay Rural Fire Service crew defending a property at Jindelara Creek Road west of Ulladulla. Credit:Deon Georgopolous
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Simon Tadrosse (left),owner of The Fruit Bowl waits as the Gospers Mountain fire pushes east hard under strong westerly winds. 21st December 2019.Credit:Nick Moir
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Red dawn at Bilpin on Saturday,December 21st,ahead of what is looming as a catastrophic day for firefighters in NSW.Credit:Nick Moir
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Firefighters responding to a flare up at a property previously impacted by a bushfire earlier in the week along the Old Hume Highway between Tahmoor and Bargo,on Saturday 21 December 2019.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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The view of a bushfire intensifying looking from the south-west from Kurts Road in Bilpin,NSW. 21st December 2019.Credit:Nick Moir
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A destroyed building on West Parade on the outskirts of Buxton that burnt two days ago caused by the Green Wattle Creek fire.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A police road blocks Wilson Road in between Buxton and Balmoral,due to the Green Wattle Creek fire which is a watch and act.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 21:A smoke haze is seen over the Sydney skyline before the commencement of Sydney Racing at Royal Randwick Racecourse on December 21,2019 in Sydney,Australia. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)Credit:Jenny Evans
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Bargo resident Donna Moore brings her granddaughter 22-month-old Darcie Malcolm to the shops to cool down with an icy pole,in Bargo on Saturday 21 December 2019. Residents in Bargo are bracing for possible bushfire in the area.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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NSW RFS fire fighters monitor a fire as a helicopter dumps water overhead near the Inghams Bargo Chicken Breeder Production Complex at Tahmoor,NSW.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Thursday nights fire around the Bargo River and old train bridge there.Credit:Dean Sewell
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NSW RFS fire fighters surrounded by smoke as they work on battling a fire near the Inghams Bargo Chicken Breeder Production Complex at Tahmoor,NSW. This fire is a part of the Green Wattle Creek Fire South West of Sydney.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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RFS mourn the deaths of two colleagues at a memorial at the Holsworthy RFS.Credit:Renee Nowytarger
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The helmet's of the two RFS men who died lay next to a monument outside the Horsley Park RFS.Credit:Renee Nowytarger
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Flags at half mast and a sign that says"Rest in Peace Geoff and Andrew"outside the Holsworthy RFS after two volunteer firefighters died last night.Credit:Renee Nowytarger
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Fie and fire retardant around the Bargo River.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Firefighting efforts in Buxton where houses were lost.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Fire at Bargo River seen from beneath the old train bridge.Credit:Dean Sewell
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RFS Development Assessment and Planning Officer Adam Small inspects a burnt out home and out building near Balmoral during the Green Wattle Creek Fire South West of Sydney.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A plane passes over fire at Bargo River.Credit:Dean Sewell
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A burnt out home and out building near Balmoral during the Green Wattle Creek Fire South West of Sydney.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Property burns during the Bargo fire.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Fire and Rescue attempt to hold the Gospers Mountain fire from crossing the Bells Line of Road. It roared over the road destroying power lines and cutting various fire brigade resources in half.Credit:Nick Moir
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Fire and Rescue attempt to hold the Gospers Mountain fire from crossing the Bells Line of Road at Berambing.Credit:Nick Moir
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Fire and Rescue NSW escape flames as the Gospers Mountain fire crosses the Bells Line of Road at Berambing.Credit:Nick Moir
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Fire fighters spray water onto what was a shed and equipment whilst defending the house from a new outbreak near Bargo.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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RFS trucks with air support defending homes on a road near Bargo.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A firefighter hoses down trees and the ground after extinguishing flames near Bargo.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Firefighters hose down trees and the ground after extinguishing flames near Bargo.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Fire and Rescue attempt to hold the Gospers Mt fire from crossing the Bells Line of Rd. It roared over the road destroying power lines and cutting the various Fire Brigade resources in half stuck in either side of the fire.Credit:Nick Moir
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The Berambing fire impacting farm properties.Credit:Nick Moir
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A house on fire that could not be saved in the fires on the outskirts of Bargo.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A RFS fireman in front of a house that could not be saved from the fire on the outskirts of Bargo.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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An RFS fireman in front of a house that could not be saved from the fire on the outskirts of Bargo.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A water tanker rushes to help refill fire tankers in northern Bilpin as fire rages close to the community on both sides of the Bells Line of Road.Credit:Nick Moir