NSW bushfires razed 45 homes

Forty-five homes and more than 2000 sheep and cattle were lost in bushfires across NSW earlier in February.

Almost 50 homes and thousands of sheep were lost in bushfires that raged across parts of NSW in the most "catastrophic" fire conditions in the state's history.

The Rural Fire Service on Saturday confirmed that 45 homes were razed, most in the central west, while more than 2000 sheep and nearly 400 cattle died in last weekend's bushfires.

More than a dozen homes are thought to have been lost in in Friday's bushfire at Carwoola, east of Queanbeyan, but firefighters are still assessing the damage.


Share

1 min read

Published

Source: AAP


Share this with family and friends


Get SBS News daily and direct to your Inbox

Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS.

Download our apps
SBS News
SBS Audio
SBS On Demand

Listen to our podcasts
An overview of the day's top stories from SBS News
Interviews and feature reports from SBS News
Your daily ten minute finance and business news wrap with SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves.
A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability
Get the latest with our News podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS
SBS World News

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service
Watch the latest news videos from Australia and across the world