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Extra firefighters are heading to a bushfire in the New South Wales Blue Mountains, where winds are expected to pick up during the day.Extra firefighters are heading to a bushfire in the New South Wales Blue Mountains, where winds are expected to pick up during the day.
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The Wentworth Falls blaze is not posing any immediate threat to homes along Coronation Road after light rain on Sunday night. But Rural Fire Service deputy commissioner Rob Rogers says crews are bracing for stronger winds, with gusts of 40-60km/h and higher for the next couple of days.The Wentworth Falls blaze is not posing any immediate threat to homes along Coronation Road after light rain on Sunday night. But Rural Fire Service deputy commissioner Rob Rogers says crews are bracing for stronger winds, with gusts of 40-60km/h and higher for the next couple of days.
“Once those winds take hold today the fire will start being quite active again and … we will be back to where we were yesterday afternoon,” he told the Nine network on Monday morning.“Once those winds take hold today the fire will start being quite active again and … we will be back to where we were yesterday afternoon,” he told the Nine network on Monday morning.
The fire has now burned more than 300 hectares in the area around Tableland Road, Little Switzerland Drive and Hordern Road.The fire has now burned more than 300 hectares in the area around Tableland Road, Little Switzerland Drive and Hordern Road.