Current affairs: NSW besieged by unusual winter bushfires

NSW fire fighters work on containing an out of control bushfire in Bomaderry near Nowra, Wednesday, August 15, 2018.

Source: AAP

Nearly 80 fires continue to burn along the Great Dividing Range from the Queensland border to Victoria, with 32 still uncontained. Meanwhile, a tanker has rolled causing injury to four NSW firefighters as efforts continue to contain nearly 80 blazes across the state. Ivan and Wai Yee report.



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