Lack of resources challenges firefighters on the ground

Members of the Capertee RFS prepare to go to work

Members of the Capertee RFS prepare to go to work Source: SBS

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A local New South Wales fire station is urging the Rural Fire Service to provide it with a bulk water truck - crucial, it says, in containing huge blazes in the region.

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