NSW: Winds hamper efforts to control bushfires

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2006
NSW: Winds hamper efforts to control bushfires

Strong winds and rough country are hampering efforts to contain several large bushfires
.. in the New South Wales Hunter Valley and south coast regions.

Two fires in the Great Lakes area north of Newcastle .. are causing the most concern
for firefighters.

And they're still trying to contain a fire in the Shoalhaven .. on the state's south coast.

A blaze that's burned up to a thousand hectares of the Mogo State Forest .. near Eurobodalla
on the far south coast .. was contained overnight.

The fire service says strong winds and a spike in temperatures caused the fires to
get out of control earlier this week.







The Great Lakes fires .. in Bungwahl at Pindimar South .. have burned approximately
300 hectares .. while the Shoalhaven fire at Beaumont .. has burned 50 hectares.

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