The bushfires in New South Wales have proved to be "beyond" what was expected, the state government says.
Devastation caused by bushfires on the mid north coast of NSW is "beyond" what was expected, the emergency services minister says, as the Rural Fire Service warns conditions are set to get worse.
Searing temperatures into the 40s, combined with strong winds and little moisture in the air will likely prompt widespread severe fire danger across the state this coming week, RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said on Sunday.
His warning came alongside Emergency Services Minister David Elliott's bleak assessment of damage from fires which sparked a state of emergency to be declared in NSW a week ago.
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