Thursday, March 1, 2012

NSW: Overview on NSW bushfires

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NSW: Overview on NSW bushfires

SYDNEY, Jan 2 AAP - Overview of NSW bushfires at 2130 AEDT:

* About 160 homes destroyed, including eight today in Wollondilly and Sussex Inlet.

* More than 200 other structures destroyed including units, sheds and shops.

* About 50 caravans, cars and boats destroyed.

* More than 1,000 kilometres of fire burning around NSW.

* At least 40 fires started by arsonists.

* More than 20,000 personnel fighting fires, with one-third of them in support capacities.

* 8,000 firefighters are on the ground at any one time.

* 300 firefighters working just on the blaze around West …

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