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AS NSW burns into the night, with new fires starting even at 8pm, firefighters are bracing for another dangerous day tomorrow.
As seven fires have taken hold and burning out of control, dubbed “the worst in a decade or more” by RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, he has tonight warned containment will only come when conditions start to ease – but there is not a wet day in sight
Newcastle airport is closed. Fires in Springwood, Winmalee, the line has jumped the Nepean River. Up to forty homes lost, no lives lost..yet
Pray for us.
UPDATE: One dead.
Police confirmed the first fatality of the disaster this morning. A 63-year-old man died in the NSW Central Coast yesterday after he collapsed while defending his Lake Munmorah home. Two volunteer firefighters are being treated in hospital, NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell said.
Condolences to his family, and my deepest thanks and respect to the firefighters still out there.
Done. Prayers sent. May you be protected, mate!
Saying prayers. Stay safe Down Under.
Brendan,
Will you provide a link so we can keep up with the latest?
Thanks.
Hope this is controlled soon. Prays and thoughts Brenden
Links now on front page,
One death in the Central Coast.
To date 86,000 hectares of country have been burned, which is over 330 square miles.
Brendan, do they know the cause? We’ve had huge wildfires, too, and there are suspicions of arson in many cases: some say the Moslems are using arson as yet another terror tactic.
Be that as it may, I will pray for you. Hope you can get this under control soon!
No. Thats for later. Right now we get on with the job at hand.
The fires will be investigated..but for now our resources are where they need to be.
Damn Brother, stay strong. Tallulah: In both the American West and Outback fire is just a natural part of life. During the summer things dry out and because there’s never enough rain for decomposition, many plants actually need fire to reproduce (open sealed seed pods, return nutrients to the soil, etc). Dry thunderstorms will roll over the land, especially at… Read more »
Aside from possiblities that the fires mat have been arson, there are NO indications of anything other than this is the summer season. No Muslim intervention if thats whats worrying you….not part of this at all. LATEST NEWS ON THE NSW BUSHFIRES – from AAP A LARGE fire burning in Lithgow on the western side of the NSW Blue Mountains… Read more »
I think this will impress you Prime Minister Tony Abbott joins Davidson Rural Fire Brigade to fight NSW bushfires PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has taken a break from running the country to help fire crews fight the bushfires gripping NSW as a volunteer firefighter. Mr Abbott worked a night shift helping back burn near Bilpinwith his Davidson Rural Fire Brigade… Read more »
RFS tells families to be ready to run as NSW’s 300km wall of fire continues its destruction IT’S going to be even worse than we thought – fire chiefs have warned families across Sydney’s west to brace themselves as the massive 300km wall of fire sweeping through the Blue Mountains could see Leura, Katoomba and Blackheath evacuated today.With no respite… Read more »
LCBrendan says:
Definitely! Keep us advised, and I will stay in prayer.
Keep us posted, Brendan. We do care. Too bad y’all have some dangerous brats (with lazy “parents”) down there too. 🙁
I just went outside.
It’s warm..getting hotter. The air..is blue…almost a tinge of brown. The smell of smoke is in everything. We’re safe here, I live in a suburb a long way from all of this. Thank God.
News reports now say an 11 year old is being held over a fire that destroyed 5000 ha of land.
WHY
WHY
WHY
In Gods name WHY did he do this???
Because he didn’t understand what it meant.
Nobody taught him to -think-.
Nobody taught him there are consequences to actions.
Fire is the Devil’s only friend.