Wildfires

Wildfires - Australia

Extra crews have been flown in to help exhausted firefighters across the New England North West. Bushfires, like the Pilliga National Park blaze have been burning since last week. The region’s exhausted fire crews have been relieved from the rugged fireground as several bushfires continue to burn. It means after three days of firefighting, tired crews were able to stand down on Tuesday morning from the Bonnay fire, near Barraba and Bundarra, as it reached 11,500 hectares in size.

Firefighters are gaining the upper hand on a bushfire burning in remote land in the NSW Hunter region. The blaze has burnt through more than 3500 hectares in difficult terrain near Braidleys Gully, southwest of Singleton.